different between kith vs kyth

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

Verb

kyth

1. (obsolete) To show, manifest

Middle English

Noun

kyth

1. Alternative form of kith

Scots

Verb

kyth

1. To appear, to emerge, to come into view
2. To manifest