flodgate
Middle English
Alternative forms
- flodegate, flodeȝate, flodeyate, floodȝate
- ffluydgate, fludeȝate, ffludgate (Northern)
- flodȝete (Early Middle English)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfloːdˌɡaːt/, /ˈfloːdjɛt/
Noun
flodgate (plural flodgates)
Descendants
- English: floodgate
- → Middle Welsh: flotyat
- Welsh: fflodiad, fflodiard, fflodiart, fflodiat
References
- “flọ̄d-yāte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 November 2018.