Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “palter” come from?

palter (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon paltro, from Proto-Germanic paltrô.

palter (Middle Low German): rag, cloth

Definitions

  1. rag, cloth

Ancestry of “palter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonpaltro—
2Proto-Germanicpaltrô—

Words derived from “palter”

  • paltry
  • palter
  • paltriness
  • palterer
  • paltrily
  • palterly
  • palter
  • paltrig
Every word from Proto-Germanic paltrô →