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From Middle Dutch praten, further etymology unknown. Cognates are found only in Middle Low German praten. English prate, prattle and the various Scandinavian ve
by JohnKemeny 3y ago
From Middle Dutch praten, further etymology unknown. Cognates are found only in Middle Low German praten. English prate, prattle and the various Scandinavian verbs were borrowed from these two languages.
(From Wiktionary.)
- totetsu 3y agoI wonder if the insult prat came from prattler
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- fmbb 3y agoWiktionary also says the Swedish “prata” comes from Proto Germanic: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/prattuz https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic... So perhaps the Middle Low German and Scandinavian words just have the same old origin.