fit

noun

Meaning

foot
lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
to foot
Doric Scots form of what

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Northern Middle English fut, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

*pṓds(ine-pro)→
*fōts(gem-pro)→
*fōt(gmw-pro)→
fōt(ang)→
fut(enm-nor)→
fut(enm-nor)→
fit (Scots)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, inh, inh

Related words

fut(enm-nor)fōt(ang)*fōt(gmw-pro)*fōts(gem-pro)*pṓds(ine-pro)foot(English)

Descendant words

foot(English) (cog)

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