Where does “chiț” come from?
chiț (Romanian) comes from French quitte, from Middle French quitte, from Old French quite, from Latin quiētus, from Latin quiēscō, from Latin quiēs, from Proto-Italic kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis — to rest; rest, peace.
chiț (Romanian): mouse squeak
Definitions
- mouse squeak
Ancestry of “chiț”, step by step
chiț traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French quitte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quitte | quits; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Middle French | quitte | quit |
| 3 | Old French | quite | Alternative form of quitte; quits |
| 4 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 5 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 6 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
via German kitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 2 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |