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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *kittīn | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kittīną | the young of an animal; fawn; kid; whelp |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gidʰ- | kid, goatling, little goat |
Words derived from “ċitten”