Where does “etter” come from?

etter (Dutch) comes from French être, from Old French estre, from Late Latin essere, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

etter (Dutch): pus; A nasty person, a prat

Definitions

  1. pus; A nasty person, a prat

Ancestry of “etter”, step by step

etter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French être

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchêtreto be; "Used to form the perfect and pluperfect...
2Old Frenchestreto be
3Late Latinessere—
4Latinsūmto be, exist
5Proto-Italicezomto be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Middle Dutch etter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchetter—
2Old Dutchēttar—
3Proto-Germanicaitrąpoison; pus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyd-abscess; tumor, abscess

Words derived from “etter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →