Where does “ritten” come from?
ritten (Dutch) comes from Dutch kitten, from Dutch kit, from English kit, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ritten (Dutch): A ritten; a young rat; to run back and forth...
Definitions
- A ritten; a young rat; to run back and forth...
Ancestry of “ritten”, step by step
ritten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kitten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kitten | a young cat; kitten; to apply sealant to |
| 2 | Dutch | kit | metal can, used mainly for coal; sealant; set of... |
| 3 | English | kit | A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;... |
| 4 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 5 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 6 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |