nutria

otter; nutria, coypu

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *udr-eh₂ Vulgar Latin lutra Vulgar Latin *nutriader. Spanish nutria From Vulgar Latin *nutria or *lutria / *lutrea, from Latin lutra. The Spanish word, preserving the -t-, may have arrived through the intermediate of either Mozarabic or more likely a Southern Italian language or dialect: cf. Salerno dialect (of Neapolitan) nùtria, Calabrian ùtria and lùtria, utre in Basilicata, etc. The Vulgar Latin form was l