gnit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gnat.

词形变化

gnits plural

词源

From Middle English gnit, gnitte, from Old English *gnitte (“gnit; gnat”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnittā, from Proto-Germanic *gnittǭ, *gnittō (“gnat; midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Cognate with Low German gnid (“gnit”), German Gnitte, Gnitze (“midge, gnat”). Compare also Danish gnid (“gnat”), Swedish gnet (“nit”), Norwegian gnit (“gnat”), Icelandic gnit, nitur (“gnat”). Related to gnat.
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