Udder
/ˈʌdər/noun
The mammary gland of a cow, sheep, goat, or other hoofed mammal.
Did you know?Udder comes from an ancient Indo-European root *h₂eud- meaning “udder” or “teat,” which also gave Latin words for “teat” and “udder,” making it a rare case where the body-part name is basically fossilized across millennia.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂eud-
“udder, teat”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*uþrą
“udder”
Old English
OE
ūder
“udder”
Middle English
ME
udder
“udder”
Modern English
English
udder
“the mammary gland of a cow or similar animal”