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snitt

“snitt” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a cut
  2. an average
  3. (sur)face, section, cut (as a suffix)
  4. canapé, finger sandwich

Etymology

First attested in the compound afsnit (“section”) by Gustavus Adolphus in 1621, from Old Swedish snīdh, snēdh, but effected by Middle Low German snit (German Schnitt; cf. schnitzen, Swedish snitsa), from Old Norse sníð, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną. Related to snida (“to carve”). Doublet of sned and snits.

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