Where does “potsie” come from?
potsie (English) comes from English pot, from Middle English pot, from Old French pot, from Vulgar Latin pottum, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European budn- — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
potsie (English): Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game
Definitions
- Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game
Ancestry of “potsie”, step by step
potsie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 3 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |
via English sie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sie | To sink; fall; drop; To fall, as in a swoon;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sien | Alternative form of seien |
| 3 | Old English | sīgan | to sink, fall, drop; to sink, descend |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sīgan | to sink, to drop |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīganą | to sink, to drop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |