flit
English
/flɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A fluttering or darting movement.
- (physics) A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
- (slang) A homosexual.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flitten derived from Old Norse flytja (move) derived from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (flow, swim, run).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plewd-
Gloss
flow, swim, run
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flitsome English
- flittiness English
- flitting English
- flittingly English
- flitty English
- *plewd- Proto-Indo-European
- flytte Norwegian Bokmål
- *flautijaną Proto-Germanic
- *flautijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *fleutaną Proto-Germanic
- *fleutaz Proto-Germanic
- *flutjaną Proto-Germanic
- *flutą Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- flytta Swedish
- flyttfågel Swedish
- fljote Norwegian Nynorsk
- flytte Norwegian Nynorsk
- fløytar Norwegian Nynorsk
- flitten Middle English
- fljótleikr Old Norse
- floti Old Norse
- flytja Old Norse
- flytte Danish
- flyttebil Danish
- flyttemand Danish
- flytja Icelandic
- flutningur Faroese
- flyta Faroese
- *loudom Proto-Celtic
- flytia Old Swedish