Etymology

kitt

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Today it means: the kittiwake. Full definition →

Middle High German kīde ← Old High German *chīdi ← Proto-Germanic *kīþą
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kitt · noun1

Shortening.

Kitt · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kīþą“sprout, seedling”
  2. Old High German · derived from*chīdi
  3. Middle High German · derived fromkīde
  4. English todayKitt

* As an English surname, from Kit, a pet form of Christopher; also from kit (“vessel of hooped staves”). * As a German surname, from kit (“sprout, offshoot”), from Middle High German kīde, from Old High German *chīdi, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout, seedling”). Compare Alemannic German chiide.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*kīþą all →

chitchism

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