English
futtock
Futtock comes from Middle English futtek.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500futtekdisputed
- Englishearliest quotation 1884futtock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500futtekdisputed
- Englishearliest quotation 1884futtock
Earliest quotation: 1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition): “The timbers (called also frames, or floors, first, second…”
A compound of fōt ‘an organ in humans and animals used for…’ + fut + -uc
Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt ‘foot’
Old English fōt ‘an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion’
Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt ‘foot’
Old English fōt ‘an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion’
Middle English fot ‘a foot’
The story
Perhaps came into Old English from Old Norse fótr, or fett / futt (big); + ek (timbr), or øks; giving Old Norse fót'ek, futtek or futtøks; equivalent Norwegian is fot haki, fett eik (tømmer), or fett øks; meaning foot hook, big oak (timber), or bold axe.
Every English word from Middle English futtek
Today it means
noun Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English futtek / futtock