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Where does “prutten” come from?

prutten (Danish) comes from Danish prutte, from Middle Low German proten, from Old Saxon *pratt.

prutten (Danish): flatulence, farting; haggling, bargaining;...

Definitions

  1. flatulence, farting; haggling, bargaining;...

Ancestry of “prutten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishprutteto fart; to haggle
2Middle Low Germanproten—
3Old Saxon*pratt—
Every word from Old Saxon *pratt →