Where does “flekkutur” come from?

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

flekkutur (Faroese): dappled, spotted, mottled, pied, multicoloured

Definitions

  1. dappled, spotted, mottled, pied, multicoloured

Ancestry of “flekkutur”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Faroese -utur →