Kitz

Meaning

fawn (a baby deer, goat, chamois or ibex)

Concepts

fawn

kid

goat

pattern of white spots

dapples

kidskin

billy goat

buck-goat

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɪt͡s]

Etymology

From Middle High German kiz, kitze, from Old High German kizzī, kizzīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Cognate with Low German kitte, English chit. Related also to English kid, Danish kid, Swedish kid.