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gnit

/nɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gnit
IPA
/nɪt/
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gnat.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: gnit, *gnitte, *gnittā, *gnittǭ, *gʰneHdʰn-

Inflected Forms

gnits (plural)

Homonyms

nit knit

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce gnit?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɪt/.
What does gnit mean?
A gnat.
Where does gnit come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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