köken: From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”) or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-, whence English orphan. Cognate with Old English earm.
köken: Inherited from Old French chiche, possibly from or related to Latin cīccum, or alternatively an expressive or onomatopoetic expression (compare Spanish chico, Catalan xic). The interjection probably derives from the "capable" sense, suggesting in its usage "not capable".
köken: From Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. The correspondence of Latin short /u/ to Italian /u/ (rather than Italian /o/ as in agosto, mosto) indicates that the form is possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare gusto).
aile: angustamente
l'idea angusta e provinciale dell'«agitatore che viene da fuori»
greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires) · eager (to have something)
çekim: karşılaştırma girigare · üstünlük girigast
köken: From Old Swedish girugher, gerogher (compare Norwegian girug), to an earlier Old East Norse *girugr ← *girugʀ, potentially to a Proto-Norse *ᚷᛁᚱᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*girugaʀ); in root akin to *girį̄ + *-gaz; via pattern from Old Danish girig, Middle Low German gerich, Old High German girig (compare German gierig). First recorded in the 13th century Westrogothic law (Westgöta-Lagen). Related to Old Swedish giri…
thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite) · thin (very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions) · thin (high and shrill)
çekim: karşılaştırma cieńszy · üstünlük najcieńszy
eş: wąski, płaski
zıt: gruby, esencjonalny
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten-der.? Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us Proto-Balto-Slavic *tinˀukas Proto-Slavic *tьnъkъ Old Polish cienki Polish cienki Inherited from Old Polish cienki.
köken: Of unknown origin. McGregor tentatively postulates a combination of कान (kān, “ear”) + चूसना (cūsnā, “to suck”), lit. "ear-sucked"; compare मक्खीचूस (makkhīcūs, “miser”, literally “fly-sucker”) for a similar formation.
tight, narrow, cramped (such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it; uncomfortably restricted in size) · tight (fitting too close to the body) · narrow (of little extent)
çekim: karşılaştırma ahtaampi · üstünlük ahtain
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ahtas (compare Estonian ahas), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *anśtas (compare Lithuanian ankštas), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus.
çekim: karşılaştırma angustior · üstünlük angustissimus
eş: artus, brevis, contractus
zıt: lātus
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”) via a neuter s-stem noun *h₂enǵʰ-os (“narrowness”) combined with the adjective-forming suffix *-tós (equivalent to -tus). Comparative data does not establish when the adjective was derived, but its form would hypothetically correspond to *h₂enǵʰostos in Proto-Indo-European and to *angostos in Proto-Italic or Pre-Latin: this became angustus by…