Where does “chit” come from?
I can't write this summary because the chain provided contains only English repeatedly, with no etymological progression to earlier languages, and the meaning is marked unknown. A legitimate etymology requires tracing back through different languages to an origin point, which this chain doesn't show.
chit (English): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant...
Definitions
- A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant...
Ancestry of “chit”, step by step
chit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |