yote
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology 1
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From Middle English yoten, yeten (“to pour”), from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian joote (“to pour”), West Frisian jitte (“to pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour”), German gießen (“to pour”), Danish gyde (“to pour”). Related to gush, geyser.
Verb
yote (third-person singular simple present yotes, present participle yoting, simple past and past participle yoted)
- (UK dialectal) To pour water on; pour in.
- (archaic or dialectal) To steep.
- My fowls, which well enough / I, as before, found feeding at their trough / Their yoted wheat. — Chapman.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From coyote
Noun
yote (plural yotes)
- Abbreviation of coyote.
Etymology 3
From analysis of yeet as a strong verb, by analogy with Germanic ablaut formations such as spoke (from speak) and wrote (from write). Consider also thunk, squoze, and drug.
Verb
yote
Anagrams
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Adjective
yote
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