köken: Inherited from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Cognate with Dutch klein and English clean. Doublet of clean. For a similar semantic development, cf. zierlich (orig. "decorative", today "petite").
köken: From Old French brief, from Latin brevis. A folk etymology derives it as an acronym of Bon, Revenons-En aux Faits, but this is completely inaccurate.
aile: dans les plus brefs délais, en bref
Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“short, narrrow, to squize”). Cognate with Karakhanid قِسْغا (“qïsɣā”), Turkish kısa, Turkmen gysga, Salar qısga, Crimean Tatar qısqa, etc.
köken: Inherited from Middle Dutch cleine, from Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.
aile: allerkleinst, een kopje kleiner maken, Jan en klein Piereke, kbv, klein krijgen, kleinburgerij, kleindochter, kleine boodschap, kleine luiden, kleine visserij
low, short (situated close to, or even below, the ground; not high or lofty) · short (of comparatively small height) · low (situated close to some reference plane)
çekim: karşılaştırma niższy · üstünlük najniższy
zıt: wysoki
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *níder. Proto-Slavic *nizъ Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *nízъkъ Old Polish niski Polish niski Inherited from Old Polish niski.
çekim: karşılaştırma humilior · üstünlük humillimus
köken: From humus + -ilis. The resemblance to Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós) is cognate, but probably accidental, and not sufficient to assume a direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo- (a derivative from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)). Compare also Middle English dingle (“depression, hollow”) (from Old English *dyngel).