guit
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom Frankish *wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with English wight.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editguit (feminine guita, masculine plural guits, feminine plural guites)
- bucking, that kicks (of a horse or mule)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “guit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editguit m (plural guiten, diminutive guitje n)
- tomboy, rascal, joker, troublemaker
- De guit krijgt een spuit. ― The rascal receives an injection.
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editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Italian: guitto
References
edit- Études germaniques, Volume 61 (2006)
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “guit”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1259”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1259
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editguit f (plural guits)
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