English

put

/pʊt/
To physically place (sth or sb swh).

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Low German paten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).

    Etymology 2

    Unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt, itself possibly borrowed from English butt (“stub, thicker end”).

    Etymology 3

    From Old French pute.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishputten “to push, shove, put”
      • inheritedOld Englishputian “to push; thrust; put; place”
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*putōn
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*putōną “to stick, stab”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*bud- “to shoot, sprout”
    • derivedOld Frenchpute

    Related: English butt, Sanskrit बुन्द, Lithuanian budė, Dutch poten, Low German paten, Danish putte, Swedish putta, Norwegian putte, Norwegian pota, Icelandic pota, Dutch peuteren, Welsh pwt

    Words built on it: put in, put by, put-in, put-up, put up with, put to good use

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