soot

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt,[1] from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (soot), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit). Cognate with dated Dutch zoet (soot), German Low German Soot (soot), Danish sod (soot), Swedish sot (soot), Icelandic sót (soot). Compare similar ō-grade formation the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Irish suide (soot) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai (soot), and Proto-Slavic *saďa (soot) (Russian са́жа (sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда (sážda)).

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Noun

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soot (usually uncountable, plural soots)

  1. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

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Verb

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soot (third-person singular simple present soots, present participle sooting, simple past and past participle sooted)

  1. (transitive) To cover or dress with soot.
    • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. [], London: [] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock [], and J[onathan] Robinson [], →OCLC:
      soot land

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “soot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 11.67, page 335.

Anagrams

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Jawe

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Verb

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soot

  1. to grab, grip

References

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  • André-Georges Haudricourt et Françoise Ozanne-Rivière, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije - fwâi - nemi - jawe, Lacito - Documents, Asie-Austronésie 4, SELAF no. 212, Peeters, 1982

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English sōt, from Proto-West Germanic *sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

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Noun

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soot (uncountable)

  1. soot
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Descendants
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  • English: soot
  • Scots: suit, sute
  • Yola: zoot
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Etymology 2

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From Old English swōt.

Adjective

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soot

  1. Alternative form of swete