pott

pott (plural potts)

1. Obsolete form of pot.

Unknown. Possibly from originally bearing a watermark of a pot or from a manufacturer's or merchant's name.

pott (uncountable)

1. An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

   pott paper

• pott octavo, pott quarto etc, from octavo, quarto etc.

• T-top, TOTP, topt

From Middle Low German pot, put.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotʲː/

pott (genitive poti, partitive potti)

1. pot

Declension of pott (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pott	potid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	poti
genitive			pottide
partitive		potti	potte pottisid
illative		potti potisse	pottidesse potesse
inessive		potis	pottides potes
elative		potist	pottidest potest
allative		potile	pottidele potele
adessive		potil	pottidel potel
ablative		potilt	pottidelt potelt
translative		potiks	pottideks poteks
terminative		potini	pottideni
essive		potina	pottidena
abessive		potita	pottideta
comitative		potiga	pottidega

pott

1. indefinite accusative singular of pottur

pott

1. Alternative form of pot

From Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”)

• IPA^(key): /pott/, [pot]

pott m

1. pot

Strong a-stem:

• English: pot, pott

From Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Doublet of potta.

pott c

1. (gambling) pot, kitty

• pott in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• pott in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)