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Webster 1913 Edition

Puit

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Puit

,
Noun.
[F.
puits
, from L.
puteus
well.]
A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
[Obs.]
The
puits
flowing from the fountain of life.
Jer. Taylor.

Definition 2024

puit

puit

Dutch

Noun

puit m ‎(plural puiten, diminutive puitje n)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A frog

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

puit

  1. Second-person singular indicative present form of puida.
  2. Second-person singular indicative past form of puida.

Etymology 2

Verb

puit

  1. Second-person singular indicative past form of pukea.

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch puut ‎(“frog”), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] *put-, *pud- ‎(“to swell”). Compare dialectal English pod ‎(“belly”), pout, Swedish puta ‎(“to be swollen”). Akin to French bouder.

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