An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kitt

by Friedrich Kluge

Kitt, masculine, from the equivalent Middle High German küte, küt, masculine, ‘cement, putty,’ Old High German chuti, quiti, ‘glue, birdlime,’ which makes it probable that the Gothic form was *qidus; compare also Anglo-Saxon cwidu, ‘resin of trees.’ Primitively allied to Latin bitumen, Sanscrit jatu, ‘resin of trees’; common type getú. Allied also to Old Icelandic kváða, Swedish kåda, ‘resin,’ Middle English code, ‘pitch.’