fitja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fetjōjaną (“to surround, fit”) (whence also Dutch vitten (“to be suitable”), Old High German fizzōn (“to surround”)), from *fetjō (“foot, section”) +‎ *-janą (“verbal suffix”)[1] (the former whence Old Norse fit (“webbed foot of waterbirds”), Old English fitt (“song, poem”), Old Saxon fittea (“section”), Old High German fizza (“hem, skein of yarn”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yó-s, from *ped- (“to walk, step”).[2]

Verb

fitja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitjaði, supine fitjað)

  1. (knitting) to cast on [with upp]

Derived terms

  • fitja upp á
  • fitja upp á trýnið
  • fitja upp á nefið

See also

  • auka í (“to add one in knitting”)
  • prjónn
  • slá upp á (“to make one in knitting”)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fetjōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fetjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 101-2
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