EuroLex/E/Timothy grass

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timothy grass

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'fodder grass'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch timot(h)eegras [timote:γras] end18c the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: name dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish timotei ... the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English dito ...
French timothy < fléole des prés 19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Timotheegras ... the same as in English, see above, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English (archaic) dito ...
Hungarian timothy grass = Thimoteus füve (trsl) [= English/timoti] beg19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, archaic, rare dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian timotei [timutæi] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish tymotka [timotka] mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: timóte(i)gras, end19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: archaic + word comes from other source than English; Romanian: timoftica/timofta/simoftical timofti, 19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: timothy grass < timofeevka (trsl);,