flite

(Inglese)

Noun

1. a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. a scolding.

Verb

1. to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: flit

Ereditato da inglese antico: flit

Affine scozzese: flyte

Affine saterfriesisch: Fliet

Affine olandese: vlijt

Affine tedesco: Fleiß

Affine danese: flid

Affine svedese: flit

Ereditato da inglese medio: flyten

Ereditato da inglese antico: flītan

Affine tedesco: befleissen

Affine svedese: beflita

Affine norvegese bokmål: beflitte

In summary

From Middle English flit, from Old English flit, ġeflit (“strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The Old English term had a short vowel, so the modern term must have had its vowel leveled in from the verb at some point in its history.
Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”),
Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).