ette

See also: -ette

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ette (“judge”), from Old Dutch *atto, from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

In either the Frankish or Old Dutch part of the word's history, the word shifted in meaning from “father” to “judge”, analogous to how in Latin the word patres (“fathers”) took the additional meaning “senators”.

Cognate with Old High German atto (Middle High German atte, Alemannic German Ätti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tə/

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• Hyphenation: et‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛtə

Noun

ette m (plural etten, diminutive etje n)

1. (history) judge in Drenthe
2. (obsolete) judge

Synonyms

• rechter

Derived terms

• Etstoel
• etstoel

Estonian

Etymology

From ees.

Postposition

ette

1. before, in front of

Adverb

ette (not comparable)

1. in advance, ahead

Finnish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈetːe/, [ˈe̞t̪ːe̞]
• Rhymes: -etːe
• Syllabification^(key): et‧te

Verb

ette

1. second-person plural indicative of ei

Anagrams

• teet

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtːɛ]
• Hyphenation: et‧te

Etymology 1

From a modified e(sz)- stem of eszik +‎ -tte.

Verb

ette

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of eszik

Participle

ette

1. verbal participle of eszik

Derived terms

• molyette
• rozsdaette
• szúette

 

Etymology 2

From a modified e(sz)- stem of esz +‎ -tte.

Verb

ette

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of esz

Mayo

Noun

ette (plural éttem)

1. louse

References

• Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 139

Middle English

Verb

ette

1. Alternative form of eten

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸettiyā, from *ɸeteti (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈetʲe/

Noun

ette f (genitive ette, nominative plural etti)

1. wing, pinion
2. fin
3. feather, plume

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	etteL	ettiL	etti
Vocative	etteL	ettiL	etti
Accusative	ettiN	ettiL	etti
Genitive	ette	etteL	etteN
Dative	ettiL	ettib	ettib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ettech (“winged; having fins; having wing-like appendages; flying, fluttering”)

Descendants

• Irish: eite, eiteog
• Manx: fedjag
• Scottish Gaelic: ite, iteag

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ette	unchanged	n-ette
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ette”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• etteṃ

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér, whence also Tocharian A āñc. Cognate with English under, Latin īnferus, and Sanskrit अधर (adhara), all of the same meaning.

Adjective

ette

1. lower (indeclinable)

Adverb

ette

1. down

Derived terms

• ettesa

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ette”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 85-86

Turkish

Noun

ette

1. locative singular of et

Votic

Etymology 1

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *eci. Cognate with Finnish eteen.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈeteː/, [ˈetːe]
• Rhymes: -eteː
• Hyphenation: et‧te

Adverb

ette

1. ahead, towards the front

Postposition

ette

1. (genitive/illative/allative + ~) to the front of

Preposition

ette

1. (~ + genitive/illative/allative) to the front of

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈetːæ/, [ˈetːə̟]
• Rhymes: -etːæ
• Hyphenation: et‧te

Conjunction

ette

1. Alternative form of etti

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “etee”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn