hit

hit · verb, noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂id-néh₂-ti
3. Proto-Germanic*hittijaną
4. Old Norsehitta
5. Old Englishhyttan
6. Middle Englishhitten
7. English todayhit

Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”). (something very successful): Compare typologically striking, Russian порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (<~ порази́ть (porazítʹ) <~ рази́ть (razítʹ)).

hit · pronoun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ḱe-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hit“this, this one”
3. Old English · inherited fromhit“it”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhit“it”
5. English todayhit

From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it; also note 'it.

Hit · proper noun³

1. Arabic · borrowed fromهيت
2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromهیت
3. English todayHit

From Ottoman Turkish هیت (Hit) and Arabic هيت (Hit).

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