eldertongue

Old English · noun

splott

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/splott/
[splot]
Syllables
splott (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. a plot or parcel of land

  2. a spot

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).

Descendants

splot, splotch, splotty

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