Where does “kikay kit” come from?
kikay kit (Tagalog) comes from English kikay kit, from English kit, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kikay kit (Tagalog): A soft case in which a woman's toiletries and...
Definitions
- A soft case in which a woman's toiletries and...
Ancestry of “kikay kit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kikay kit | A soft case in which a woman's toiletries and... |
| 2 | English | kit | A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;... |
| 3 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 4 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 5 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |