different between kith vs kth

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

Alternative forms

• kth
• Sometimes written as k'th or k-th

Etymology

From k +? -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kej?/

Adjective

kth (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Occurring at position k in a sequence.

Related terms

• nth
• ith