English:  Small – [fr. O.E. smael slender, narrow, small, Ger. schmal narrow, also meagre]
               Small minded – selfish, petty, or narrow-minded
Dutch/Danish/Norwegian/Swedish:  Smal – narrow, slender, slim
English:  1Narrow – 1a: of slender width.. 
                                  2: limited in size or scope : RESTRICTED 
                                  3a: illiberal in views  or disposition : PREJUDICED  b: STINGY,  NIGGARDLY 
                                  4a: barely sufficient
              Narrow-minded – lacking in tolerance or breadth of vision : PETTY
English:  Petty - [1393, "small," from O.Fr. petit "small" (see petit).]  
                          1: of little or no importance or consequence, trivial; trifling; inessential:
                           2: of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor  
                          3: having or showing narrow  ideas, interests, etc.;
                          of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character 
                          4: mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person  
                          5: showing or caused by meanness of spirit  
                          6: of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind

Latin:  Parvulus/parvula/parvulum – (adj) tiny; slight, petty; young  (n) childhood, infancy
           Parvus/parva/parvum – (adj) small, little, puny; short; young; brief, short (time); slight;
                               insignificant, unimportant; low, cheap  (n) a little, trifle; childhood, infancy
 
German:  klein - small 
                kleinkriegen - to cut someon down to size
                kleinlich - petty

German:  Niederlage - (lower situation) defeat
            erniedregend - humiliating, degrading
                niederträchtig - basely, base, despicable, low
 
English: Low - 12: indicating the bottom or the point farthest down:
                          13: lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak: to feel low and listless.
                          14: providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet
                          19: assigning or attributing little worth, value, excellence, or the like
                          20: containing a relatively small amount: a diet low in starches.
                          21:  nearing depletion; not adequately supplied: low on funds
                          22: depressed or dejected: low spirits.
                          23: far down in the scale of rank or estimation; humble: of low birth.
                          24: of inferior quality or character: a low grade of fabric; a low type of intellect.
                          25: lacking in dignity or elevation, as of thought or expression
                          26: mean, base, or disreputable: low tricks; low companions
                          27: coarse or vulgar: entertainment of a low sort.

English:  A "low" person - person of few morals and thus insufficient knowledge

English idiom:  Dirty lowdown - dishonest or unfair; vile or despicable; contemptible.

English: To bring someone down - to bring someone to justice

English expression:  To lie low - to conceal oneself

Dutch: vernederen.- humiliate
              nederen - humble down
              neder - down
              laag -- low  

English:  Sneak - [fr. some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl,"
                            fr. Old English snīcan to creep; fr. Old Norse snīkja to hanker after,                                                                                               ultimately fr. Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake.]  v.
                          1: to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk
                          2 : to act in a furtive, cowardly, or underhanded way

German:   schleichen – to creep, crawl
                 schleichend – insidious, creeping disease
                 schleichen - to sneak
                 Schleicher - sneak, toady hypocrite
                  Schleichweg - illicit business   
                  beschleichen - to creep up on someone

English:  Snake - [O.E. snaca, fr. P.Gmc. *snakon fr. PIE base *snag-,*sneg- "to crawl,
                            creeping thing"(cf. O.Ir. snaighim "to creep," Lith. snake "snail," O.H.G.
                            snahhan "to creep")]
                         1: any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles ...
                         2: a deceitful and treacherous person; an insidious enemy.
                        Compare snake in the grass.

English slang:  Snake - to scheme; to plot and plan; to steal something

English:  Elf – 1: a small often mischievous fairy 
                        2a: a small creature; esp. a mischievous child   
                          b: a mischievous or malicious person
English:  Fairy - [C14: from Old French faerie fairyland, from feie fairy, from Latin Fāta the Fates; see fate, 1Fay,                                                 c.1300, "enchantment, magic," from O.Fr. faerie  "land of fairies, meeting of fairies,                                                                   enchantment, magic," from fae "fay," from L. fata (pl.) "the Fates." In reference to a class of                                                       supernatural beings, the word is not used before mid-15c. The slang meaning "effeminate male
                            homosexual" is first  recorded 1895. Fairy ring is from 1590s. Fossil sea urchins found on the
                            English downlands were called fairy loaves.]
                          1: an imaginary supernatural being, usually represented in diminutive human form...
                          2: slang a male homosexual
                          3: of or relating to a fairy or fairies  
                          4: resembling a fairy or fairies, esp in being enchanted or delicate
English expression:  Away with the fairies - out of touch with reality

English:  Oaf - [1620s, auf, oph (modern form from 1630s), "a changelin g; a foolish child left by the fairies",
                          from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian alfr "silly person," in Old Norse "elf" (see elf) 
                          Hence, "a misbegotten, deformed idiot."]

English:  1Puck – [M.E. puke, fr. O.E. puca; akin to O.N. puki – devil] 
                              1: archaic  : a LITTLE evil spirit : demon  
                              2:  a mischievous sprite : hobgoblin :
Scots:  Pouk - miscievous sprite; puck; goblin, evil spirit
           Pouk - a small pit containing water or mud; a deep hole

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English:   Midget - [from Midge]
                Midge - 1: any of numerous minute dipterous insects ...
                               2: a tiny person
              Mental midget -

English:  Lilliputian - 1: extremely small; tiny; diminutive
                                    2: petty; trivial
                                    3: an inhabitant of Lilliput
                                    4:  a very small person
                                    5:: a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.

English:  Runt - 3:  a person who is small and contemptible: That runt causes most of the trouble 

English:  Bantam - 1: a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
                                2: a small and feisty or quarrelsome person.
                                3: diminutive; tiny

English:  1Shrew - [small insectivorous mammal, Old English screawa "shrew-mouse," unknown outside English, and
                          "the absence of evidence for the word between the OE. period and the 16th c is remarkable" [OED].
                           Old English scrēawa; related to Old High German scrawaz dwarf, Icelandic
                           skröggr old man, Norwegian skrugg dwarf. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skraw-,
                          from PIE *skreu- "to cut; cutting tool" (see shred (n.)), in reference to the shrew's pointed snout.
                          Alternative Old English word for it was scirfemus, from sceorfan "to gnaw." The meaning "peevish,
                           malignant, clamorous, spiteful, vexatious, turbulent woman" [Johnson] is late 14c., from earlier sense of
                          "spiteful person" (male or female), mid-13c., traditionally said to derive from some supposed malignant
                           influence of the animal, which was once believed to have a venomous bite and was held in superstitious
                           dread (compare beshrew). Paired with sheep from 1560s as the contrasting types of wives.]  
                           1: any of several small, mouselike insectivores of the genus Sorex and related genera, having a long, sharp
                           snout.noun Also called shrewmouse. any small mouse-like long-snouted mammal ...
                           2: a bad-tempered or mean-spirited woman of violent temper and speech; termagant
                  Beshrew - [early 14c., "deprave, pervert, corrupt" , from be- + shrew (v.) "to curse;"
                                   see shrew. Meaning "to invoke evil upon" is from late 14c.]

English:  Dwarf - 1: a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from
                           cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs  
                           2: an animal or plant much smaller than the average of its kind or species  3: (in folklore) a being in the
                           form of a small, often misshapen and ugly man
              Cretin - 1: a person suffering from cretinism  
                            2: a stupid, obtuse, or mentally defective person

English:  Descent - 1: the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position.
                             Synonyms: falling, sinking;   fall, drop.  
                              2: a downward inclination or slope.
Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.,
also decrease, drop, plunge, decline, lessening, contraction 
                             6: a sudden raid or hostile attack.
Synonyms: assault, foray; raid, incursion, sneak attack.