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Where does “blettutur” come from?

blettutur (Faroese) comes from Faroese -utur, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

blettutur (Faroese): spotted, flecked

Definitions

  1. spotted, flecked

Ancestry of “blettutur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroese-utursuffix used to create adjectives describing the...
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
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