16 May
2018
16 May
'18
8:59 a.m.
On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:24:23 BST Steven Boozer wrote:
Klingon word: 'evta' Part of speech: noun Definition: animal similar to a newt or salamander Source: qep'a' 24 [2017]
I suspect {'evta'} a pun, but I can't see it.
The OED tells me the origin of the word newt is from the Middle English "an ewt" (ewt from the Old English "efeta"), "Eft" a dialect term for newt, or a zoological term for its juvenile form is also derived from the OE term.