different between frother vs rother

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, alteration of Middle English frovre, frofre (“comfort”), from Old English fr?for (“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”), from Proto-West Germanic *fr?bru (“solace”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon fr?vra, fr?fra (“consolation, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobara (“consolation, comfort, help, assistance”).

Verb

frother (third-person singular simple present frothers, present participle frothering, simple past and past participle frothered)

1. (dialectal) To comfort.
2. (dialectal) To feed.

Related terms

• frover

Etymology 2

froth +? -er

Noun

frother (plural frothers)

1. A machine that generates froth

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ð?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hr?þer, hr?þer, byforms of hr?þer, hr?þ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“ox”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

1. (obsolete) A horned animal, especially an ox.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rother, from Old English r?þor. See rudder.

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

1. A rudder.

Derived terms

• rother nail

Anagrams

• rethor, rhetor

German

Adjective

rother

1. inflection of roth:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?þor; compare rowen.

Alternative forms

• rodder, rothre, ruder, rothyr, rothir, rothar, roþer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?ð?r/, /?ro?d?r/

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

2. A rudder or till; a steering implement for a ship.
3. An oar; a long stick used for a boat's propulsion.
4. (rare) One who steers a boat (i.e. using a rudder)
5. (rare) A stick for mixing malt during brewing.
6. (rare, figuratively) An administrator or director.

Descendants

• English: rudder, rother
• Scots: rudder, ruther, ruder

References

• “r??ther, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

From Old English hr?þer, hr?þer.

Alternative forms

• ruþer, ryther, reother, ruther, rethur, roþer, reoþer, reþer, riþer, rether, ruðer, reðer, rither, rodder, rudder

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ruð?r/, /?r?ð?r/, /?rið?r/, /?r?ð?r/

Noun

rother (plural roþers or rothern)

2. Any kind or gender of bovine or bovid.

Descendants

• English: rother

References

• “rother, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.