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Where does “ċitten” come from?

ċitten (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic kittīną, from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- — kid, goatling, little goat.

Ancestry of “ċitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kittīn—
2Proto-Germanickittīnąthe young of an animal; fawn; kid; whelp
3Proto-Indo-Europeangidʰ-kid, goatling, little goat

Words derived from “ċitten”

  • chit
  • chitte
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