Old English · noun
hratele
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxrɑ.te.le/[ˈr̥ɑ.te.le]
- Syllables
- ˈxrɑ · te · le (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- rattlerattlewort
Meaning
-
rattlewort
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hratalā, from Proto-Germanic *hrat- (“to rattle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, swing, jump”). Cognate with Middle Dutch ratele, ratel, whence Dutch ratel, ratelaar.
Descendants
rattle
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