Where does “dottelle” come from?

dottelle (Middle English) comes from Old English dott, from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic duttaz — wisp; tuft of grass or grain; bundle; group; clod...

dottelle (Middle English): a plug or tap of a vessel

Definitions

  1. a plug or tap of a vessel

Ancestry of “dottelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdotta dot, point; dot, point
2Proto-West Germanic*dott—
3Proto-Germanicduttazwisp; tuft of grass or grain; bundle; group; clod...
Every word from Proto-Germanic duttaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dott →Every word from Old English dott →