Where does “sikkepit” come from?

sikkepit (Dutch) comes from Dutch pit, from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

sikkepit (Dutch): very little, next to nothing

Definitions

  1. very little, next to nothing

Ancestry of “sikkepit”, step by step

sikkepit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchpitA seed inside a fruit; wick; burner
2EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
3Middle Englishpit—
4Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
5Proto-West Germanicputiwell
6Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
7Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via Dutch sik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsikbeard of a goat; a goatee or soul patch
2Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Latin -al →