gnat

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
  2. (informal) An annoying person.

Έννοιες

κουνούπι

κώνωψ

σκνίπα

ku’nupi

mi’ɣaki

kounoúpi

Συχνότητα

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/næt/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.

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