different between udder vs odder

English

Etymology

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ?der (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *?dar?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówHd?r? (“udder”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ???? (??dhar), Ancient Greek ????? (oûthar), Latin ?ber.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• dured

Middle English

Alternative forms

• uddyr, iddyr, uther

Etymology

From Old English ?der, from Proto-Germanic *?dar?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówHd?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ud?r/, /?uð?r/

Noun

udder (plural uddres)

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

Descendants

• English: udder
• Scots: udder, uther, ether

References

• “udder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• odder

Etymology

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

Noun

udder m

1. sharp point

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: udd

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?d??r, IPA^(key): /??d.?/, [(?)???]
• Homophone: otter
• Rhymes: -?d?(r)

Adjective

odder

1. comparative form of odd: more odd

Anagrams

• roded

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse otr (“otter”), from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognates are Faroese otur, Icelandic otur, Norwegian Bokmål oter and Swedish utter. Compare Dutch otter and German Otter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?r/, [??ð??]

Noun

odder c (singular definite odderen, plural indefinite oddere)

1. otter, Lutra lutra
2. indefinite plural of odde

Inflection

See also

• Odder (dyr) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German odar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?or?/

Conjunction

odder

1. or

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

odder m

1. indefinite plural of odde

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German oder.

Conjunction

odder

1. or