English
Kit
Kit comes from Ukrainian кіт ‘tomcat’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *kotъ.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kotъ‘tomcat, male cat’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernкотъ‘tomcat, male cat’
- Ukrainianmodernкітkit‘tomcat’
- EnglishtodayKit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kotъ‘tomcat, male cat’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernкотъ‘tomcat, male cat’
- Ukrainianmodernкітkit‘tomcat’
- EnglishtodayKit
Every English word from Proto-Slavic *kotъ
Today it means
name A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Кіт (Kit).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *kotъ / Kit