liten.
small, little (not large)
Meaning & usage
small, little (not large)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish liden with native Norwegian -t-, from Old Norse lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz. Several forms are suppletive; see for their etymologies små, vesle, mindre. The indefinite neuter (Danish lidet) was spelt litet in 1907; the silent consonant was later stricken (as in mye, noe). The byforms lita and vesle were introduced under influence of Nynorsk and dialectal Norwegian.
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