Reconstruction:Old Dutch/ottar

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *otr.

Noun

*ottar m

1. otter

Inflection

Declension of *ottar (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*ottar	*ottara
accusative	*ottar	*ottara
genitive	*ottares	*ottaro
dative	*ottare	*ottaron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: otter
  • Dutch: otter
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: otro
  • Limburgish: ódder

Further reading

• “ottar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012