vott

See also: Vott

Icelandic

Noun

vott

1. indefinite accusative singular of vottur

Norwegian Bokmål

votter

Etymology

From regional Danish vott used by Norwegian authors, borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk vott, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vot/, [ʋɔt]
• Homophone: vått

Noun

vott m (definite singular votten, indefinite plural votter, definite plural vottene)

1. a mitten (glove with a separate sheath for the thumb only)

Related terms

• hanske
• vante

See also

• hanske

References

“vott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vott’e, vøtt, vætt, vett (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”). Cognate of Faroese vøttur, Icelandic vöttur, and Swedish and Danish vante (> Norwegian Bokmål vante, whence the borrowing vante).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /votː/

Noun

vott m (definite singular votten, indefinite plural vottar, definite plural vottane)

1. a mitten (glove with a separate sheath for the thumb only)

Related terms

• vante

See also

• hanske

References

• “vott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.