annet

Definition of annet

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(dialectal)A duck or drake.

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noun

(dialectal)A duck or drake.
(Scotland, dialectal)The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
(Cornwall, UK, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete)A black-legged kittiwake.
(dialectal, figuratively)A silly fellow; gull.

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Etymology

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oante…

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From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oante (“duck”), West Frisian ein (“duck”), Dutch eend (“duck”), German Low German Aant (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian у́тка (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

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