whit

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Hevwate

iota

bit

shred

jot

particle

scintilla

smidge

smidgen

smidgeon

smidgin

tittle

molecule

moment

thing

trice

trifle

modicum

continental

corpuscle

dot

grain

hoot

instant

jiff

jiffy

mite

stop

🛑

Werger

bisschen

ίχνος

pizca

zerre

ψίχουλο

grain

un pochino

asla

μόριον

Iota

Jota

ελάχιστο τί

chouïa

Spur

στιγμή

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/wɪt/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: wiȝt

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: wiht

Hevwate bi Old High German: wiht

Hevwate bi holendî: wicht

Hevwate bi almanî: Wicht

In summary

From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtą (“thing, creature”) or *wihtiz (“essence, object”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Old High German wiht (“creature, thing”), Dutch wicht, German Wicht. Doublet of wight.