cut

Origin: From , of origin, from , *kutta, from , *kuttaną, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to (compare ). Sometimes instead compared to , itself from . Compare , kit); also akin to Middle (compare dialectal , kuta, , kytti), , , , , , kytel, kjutul. Displaced native (from ; compare ), which still survives in some dialects as snithe or snead. See snide. Adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).