pott

See also: Pott

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pott (plural potts)

1. Obsolete form of pot.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly from originally bearing a watermark of a pot or from a manufacturer's or merchant's name.

Noun

pott (uncountable)

1. An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

   pott paper

Derived terms

• pott octavo, pott quarto etc, from octavo, quarto etc.

Anagrams

• T-top, TOTP, topt

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German pot, put.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotʲː/

Noun

pott (genitive poti, partitive potti)

1. pot

Declension

Declension of pott (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pott	potid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	poti
genitive			pottide
partitive		potti	potte pottisid
illative		potti potisse	pottidesse potesse
inessive		potis	pottides potes
elative		potist	pottidest potest
allative		potile	pottidele potele
adessive		potil	pottidel potel
ablative		potilt	pottidelt potelt
translative		potiks	pottideks poteks
terminative		potini	pottideni
essive		potina	pottidena
abessive		potita	pottideta
comitative		potiga	pottidega

Icelandic

Noun

pott

1. indefinite accusative singular of pottur

Middle English

Noun

pott

1. Alternative form of pot

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pott/, [pot]

Noun

pott m

1. pot

Declension

Declension of pott (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pott	pottas
accusative	pott	pottas
genitive	pottes	potta
dative	potte	pottum

Descendants

• English: pot, pott

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Doublet of potta.

Noun

pott c

1. (gambling) pot, kitty

Declension

Declension of pott

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pott	potts
	definite	potten	pottens
plural	indefinite	potter	potters
	definite	potterna	potternas

Further reading

• pott in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• pott in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)