rit
English
noun
Definitions
- (Northern England) A scratch, a score or a groove.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ritten (tear, score, slit, cut) inherited from Old English *rittan (slit, score, cut, tear) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (scratch, cut, notch, score) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wrid-néh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- torit English
- ritzen German
- zerritzen German
- *wrid-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ritjaną Proto-Germanic
- rzezać Polish
- *rittan Old English
- ritten Middle English
- toritten Middle English
- *rězati Proto-Slavic
- řezat Czech
- rizati Serbo-Croatian
- резати Serbo-Croatian
- rizzen Old High German
- режа Bulgarian
- ritzen Middle High German
- rezať Slovak
- рэзаць Belarusian
- rezati Slovene
- рѣзати Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- рѣзати Old East Slavic
- rězaś Lower Sorbian