Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow · An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf. · A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature. · A curve in a rope.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
From Middle English bight, biȝt, byȝt (also bought, bowght, bouȝt; see bought), from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian boch, bocht, bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Saterland Frisian Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), West Frisian bocht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Dutch bocht (“bay, bight”), German Bucht (“bay, bight, gulf”), Icelandic bót (“bight, cove, small bay”); also Albanian butë (“soft, flabby”), Ukrainian бга́ти (bháty, “to crumple, twist”), Sanskrit भुज् (bhuj, “to bend, curve; to sweep”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*bʰewgʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbightenm
- Inherited-form mentionbyhtang · bend, angle, corner; bay, bight
- Inherited-form mention*buhtigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*buhtizgem-pro · bend, curve
- Inherited-form mention*beuganągem-pro · to bend, bow
- Derivation mention*bʰewgʰ-ine-pro · to bend
- Cognate mentionbochfrr
- Cognate mentionBuchtstq · bay, bight, gulf
- Cognate mentionbochtfy · bay, bight, gulf
- Cognate mentionbochtnl · bay, bight
- Cognate mentionBuchtde · bay, bight, gulf
- Cognate mentionbótis · bight, cove, small bay
- Cognate mentionbutësq · soft, flabby
- Cognate mentionбга́тиuk · to crumple, twist
- Cognate mentionभुज्sa · to bend, curve; to sweep
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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