mërmòt

Kashubian

Mërmòt.

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmotte, from Middle French marmotte, from Old French marmotain, borrowed from Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, from Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”). Akin to Macedonian мрмот (mrmot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mərˈmwɛt/
• Hyphenation: mër‧môt

Noun

mërmòt m animal

1. marmot (rodent of the genus Marmota)

Further reading

• “mërmòt”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “świstak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]