The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gū-“to cry, screech”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kūtijô
- Old English · inherited fromcȳta“kite, bittern”
- English todayKeats
From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcȳta all →
kite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.