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.

ċitten (Old English): young animal, baby

Definitions

  1. young animal, baby

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kittīną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn →