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. Computing sense derives from English bit.

Noun

ביט • (bit) m, plural ביטן (bitn)

  1. basin,[3] tub
    Synonyms: באַסיין (baseyn), בעקן (bekn)
  2. pail
    Synonyms: צעבער (tseber), באַליע (balye)
  3. vat
  4. (computing) bit (unit of storage in digital computer)
    Synonym: איינסל (eynsl)

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
  3. Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “basin”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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