jute

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).

~Finn~.--King of the North-Frisians and the Jutes. — Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Unknown
Not an inch of jute from end to end.' — The House of Souls, Arthur Machen
Jute had apparently become a sort of obsession with him. — My man Jeeves, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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