Where does “utteress” come from?

utteress (English) comes from English utter, from Middle English outre, from Old English ūtera, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

utteress (English): A woman who utters; a female utterer

Definitions

  1. A woman who utters; a female utterer

Ancestry of “utteress”, step by step

utteress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English utter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishutterOuter; furthest out, most remote; Outward;...
2Middle Englishoutre—
3Old Englishūteraouter
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →