bight
English
/baɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
- An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
- (geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
- A curve in a rope
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bight inherited from Old English byht (bight, angle, bay, bend, a bend, corner) inherited from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (curve, bend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (bend), *bʰewgʰ- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewgʰ-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge English
- Bucht German
- einbuchten German
- bocht Dutch, Flemish
- bochtig Dutch, Flemish
- haarspeldbocht Dutch, Flemish
- бугор Russian
- бухта Russian
- *bʰeugʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baug- Proto-Germanic
- *baugaz Proto-Germanic
- *baugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būganą Proto-Germanic
- *regnabugô Proto-Germanic
- beah Old English
- byht Old English
- bight Middle English
- bught Middle English
- bjúgleikr Old Norse
- bogi Old Norse
- keng Old Norse
- bugt Danish
- bocht Middle Dutch
- biogan Old High German
- bouc Old High German
- conboing Old Irish
- biichten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- butë Albanian
- בייגל Yiddish
- *buht Old Dutch
- *bungeti Proto-Celtic
- bocht Middle Low German
- bucht Middle Low German
- *bʰúǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- buht Old Saxon
- bögen Low German
- *bukta- Proto-Albanian