otter: [OE] The otter is etymologically the ‘wateranimal’. Its name goes back ultimately to an Indo-European *udros, source also of Greek húdrā ‘water-snake’ (the best-known example of which in English is the many-headed Hydra killed by Hercules). This was a derivative of the same base as produced English water. Its Germanic descendant was *otraz, which has become otter in German, Dutch, and English. => water
otter (n.)
Old English otr, otor "otter," from Proto-Germanic *otraz (cognates: Old Norse otr, Swedish utter, Danish odder, Dutch otter, Old High German ottar, German Otter), from PIE *udros, literally "water-creature" (cognates: Sanskrit udrah, Avestan udra "otter;" Greek hydra "water-serpent," enydris "otter;" Latin lutra, Old Church Slavonic vydra, Lithuanian udra, Old Irish odoirne "otter"), from root *wed- (1) "water" (see water (n.1)). Sea otter attested from 1660s, also known as sea-ape.
例文
1. Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal.
カワウソ狩りは1977年以降違法とされている。
2.Von Otter was superb both in the darkly dramatic songs，and in the lighter ones.
フォン?オトはシリアスな演劇曲を歌う時も、比較的気軽な曲を歌う時も申し分なく表現している。
3.The otter ，as knowing all the paths，took charge of the party.
カワウソは経路を熟知し、ガイドを務めた。
4.Mrs. Otter ，who did not like Clutton，pused her lips.
オテル夫人は口をゆがめた。彼女はクラトンが好きではなかった。
5.On his way out Mrs. Otter asked him how he had been getting on.