ביט

Hebrew

Etymology

From English bit, from binary digit.

Noun

בִּיט • (bit) m (plural indefinite בִּיטִים‎)

  1. bit (binary digit)

Synonyms

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German büte, büten, from Old High German butin, butina, from Latin butina, which is perhaps related to buttis (“barrel, cask”).[1][2] Compare German Bütte, Bütt.

Noun

ביט • (bit) m, plural ביטן‎ (bitn)

  1. basin, tub

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Butte”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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