ביט
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
From English bit, from binary digit.
Noun edit
בִּיט • (bit) m (plural indefinite בִּיטִים)
- bit (binary digit)
Synonyms edit
- סיבית f
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German büte, büten, from Old High German butin, butina, from Latin butina, which is perhaps related to buttis (“barrel, cask”).[1][2] Compare German Bütte, Bütt. Computing sense derives from English bit.
Noun edit
ביט • (bit) m, plural ביטן (bitn)
- basin,[3] tub
- pail
- vat
- (computing) bit (unit of storage in digital computer)
- Synonym: איינסל (eynsl)
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Butte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “basin”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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