udder

English
A cow's udders

Etymology

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.

Pronunciation

Noun

udder (plural udders)

  1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
  2. (slang, impolite) A woman's breast.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈudər/, /ˈuðər/

Noun

udder (plural uddres)

  1. udder (mammary gland of an animal)
  2. (rare) The udder when served as food.

Descendants

References

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse oddr, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz.

Noun

udder m

  1. sharp point

Declension
Declension of udder (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative udder uddrin udda(r) uddani(r), -ane(r)
accusative udd uddin udda uddana
dative uddi, -e uddinum, -enom uddum, -om uddumin, -omen
genitive udds uddsins udda uddanna

Descendants
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