Old English · noun

citten

Normalised ċitten

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃit.ten/
Syllables: ˈt͡ʃit · ten (2 syllables)
Modern English: baby young chit animal

Meaning

young animal, baby

Declension

Declension of citten
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċitten	ċittenu
Accusative	ċitten	ċittenu
Genitive	ċittenes	ċittena
Dative	ċittene	ċittenum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, whelp, fawn”). Cognate with Old High German kizzīn, chizzīn (whence German Kitz (“fawn, young deer”)).

Descendants

chit

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