Etymograph

English

gottan

Gottan comes from Japanese ゴッタン ‘gottan, traditional Kagoshima plucked…’.

  1. Japanesemodernゴッタンgottan‘gottan, traditional Kagoshima plucked instrument resembling a sanshin’
  2. Englishtodaygottan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodernゴッタンgottan‘gottan, traditional Kagoshima plucked instrument resembling a sanshin’
  2. Englishtodaygottan

Today it means

noun traditional Kagoshima plucked instrument resembling a sanshin

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanese ゴッタン / gottan