different between kith vs kitt

English

Etymology

From Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English c?þþ, c?þþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþ? (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kund? (“knowledge”), Gothic ???????????????????? (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??/

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths)

1. (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances.
2. (Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:friend or Thesaurus:acquaintance

Derived terms

• kith and kin
• kithfolk
• kithless

Translations

See also

• kin
• kinfolk

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of kic (“I bite”).

Noun

kith m

1. veil of mystery

Related terms

• kic

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) cyððe, cuððe, cuþþe, kuþþe
• kyth, kiþ, kiþþe, kythe, kuythe, kiththe, kyþe

Etymology

From Old English c?þþ, c?þþu, from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?/, /?kið(?)/, /ku?/, /?kuð(?)/

Noun

kith (plural kithes)

1. One's motherland or birthplace; the region or territory where one belongs
2. One's kin, ethnicity, or lineage; the people one belongs to.
3. One's descendant; a person from one's line.
4. Relation; connection by blood, heritage.
5. (rare) learning, facts
6. (rare) tradition, good manners.
7. (rare) The state of knowing someone.

Descendants

• English: kith
• Scots: kith, kyth, kythe

References

• “kitthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-22.

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

kitt (plural kitts)

1. (Britain, birdwatching) the kittiwake.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Kitt

Noun

kitt n (definite singular kittet, indefinite plural kitt, definite plural kitta or kittene)

1. putty

References

• “kitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kitt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Kitt

Noun

kitt n (definite singular kittet, indefinite plural kitt, definite plural kitta)

1. putty

References

• “kitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kietë, from Proto-Uralic *käte.

Noun

kitt

1. hand
2. arm

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland