19.04.2012, 15:45
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Das Online Etymology Dictionary sagt:
Great tit, also "Großes Kleines" ist in dem Fall also ein Oxymoron und Kohlmeisen dürften gar nicht existieren.
Zitat:tit (2)
1540s, "any small animal or object" (as in compound forms such as titmouse, tomtit, etc.); also used of small horses. Similar words in related senses are found in Scandinavian (cf. Icel. tittr, Norw. tita "a little bird"), but the connection and origin are obscure; perhaps, as OED suggests, the word is merely suggestive of something small. Used figuratively of persons after 1734, but earlier for "a girl or young woman," usually in deprecatory sense of "a hussy, minx" (1590s).
Great tit, also "Großes Kleines" ist in dem Fall also ein Oxymoron und Kohlmeisen dürften gar nicht existieren.