Where does “pot” come from?

pot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *pot, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European budn- — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...

pot (Middle Dutch): pot, jar; can, jug

Definitions

  1. pot, jar; can, jug

Ancestry of “pot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*pota pot
2Frankish*pott
3Proto-Germanicputtazpot, jar, tub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbudn-a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...

Words derived from “pot

Every word from Proto-Indo-European budn-
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