swit

swit

See also: swít, swît, świt, and Świt

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *svьtěti
Kashubian swit

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svьtěti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsfit/
    • Rhymes: -it
    • Syllabification: swit

    Noun

    swit m inan

    1. dawn (morning twilight period)

    Further reading

    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “świt”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “świt”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
    • “swit”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Nigerian Pidgin

    Etymology 1

    From English sweet.

    Adjective

    swit

    1. tasty, sweet

    Etymology 2

    From English sweet.

    Verb

    swit

    1. to please

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-
    Proto-Indo-European *-us
    Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus
    Proto-Germanic *swōtuz
    Proto-Germanic *-jaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-ī
    Proto-West Germanic *swōtī
    Old English swēte
    Middle English swete
    English sweet
    Tok Pisin swit

      From English sweet.

      Adjective

      swit

      1. sweet; tasty

      West Frisian

      Etymology

      From Old Frisian swēt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

      Noun

      swit n (no plural)

      1. sweat

      Further reading

      • “swit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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