guit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Frankish *wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with English wight.
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Adjective edit
guit (feminine guita, masculine plural guits, feminine plural guites)
- bucking, that kicks (of a horse or mule)
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Further reading edit
- “guit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch guyte, probably from ghoiten (“to berate”), gu(i)ten (“to make fun of”), possibly from Old Norse gautan (“drivel”), gauta (“to talk a lot”), connected with Old High German gauzen, gäuzen (“to namecall”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to yawn, gape”). Doublet of geus.
Also compared is Norwegian gutt (“boy”), but this could be a reverse borrowing.
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Noun edit
guit m (plural guiten, diminutive guitje n)
- tomboy, rascal, joker, troublemaker
- De guit krijgt een spuit. ― The rascal receives an injection.
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Descendants edit
- Italian: guitto
References edit
- Études germaniques, Volume 61 (2006)
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “guit”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1259, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1259
French edit
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Noun edit
guit f (plural guits)