goate
See also: Goate
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Middle Dutch gote or Middle Low German gāte, gōte, gȫte (“gutter”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutǭ (“groove; channel; gutter”), related to the verb *geutaną (“to pour”). Related to Old Frisian gete (“outpouring”); see geate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
goate c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “goate”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011