Proto-Germanic: *gnidō, *gnitō(n), *xnitō
Meaning: nit
Norwegian: nit
Old Swedish: pl. gnether
Swedish: gnet
Danish: gnid 'nit', dial. gnit 'kleine Mücke'
Old English: hnitu, -e f. `nit'
Middle Dutch: nēte f.
Dutch: neet f.
Middle Low German: nēt, nit 'Nisse', gnite 'eine Art kleine Mücke'
Old High German: (h)niʒ (9. Jh.)
Middle High German: niʒ, niʒʒe st./wk. f. 'das lausei, die nisse'
German: Nisse f., Niss f.
