Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adj
Very successful.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile. · To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly. · To strike against something. · To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian hitte (“to meet”), Dutch hitten (“to hit, encounter”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish hitta (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk hitta, hitte (“to meet; to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”). Probably also related to Dutch hei (“mallet”), German Heie (“wooden hammer, mallet”). (something very successful): Compare typologically striking, Russian порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) (<~ порази́ть (porazítʹ) <~ рази́ть (razítʹ)).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionhittenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhittanang
- Derivation mentionhittanon
- Derivation mention*hittijanągem-pro · to come upon, find
- Derivation mention*kh₂eyd-ine-pro · to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew
- Cognate mentionhittefy · to meet
- Cognate mentionhittennl · to hit, encounter
- Cognate mentionhitteda · to find
- Cognate mentionhittasv · to meet
- Cognate mentionhittann
- Cognate mentioncaedōla · to kill
- Cognate mentionqitsq · to hit, throw, pull out, release
- Cognate mentionheinl · mallet
- Cognate mentionHeiede · wooden hammer, mallet
This page abbreviates 21 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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