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[じ(ーーーー...)](https://web.archive.org/web/20090330142727/http://www.oop-
ack.com:80/manga/soundfx.html) seems to be a phenomime, a word which evokes
the idea of the state 'staring'.

[じっ‐と](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%98%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8-521600) is an
adverb meaning something along the lines of being still, quiet, focused at
somebody or something, something like 'stare', in some sense.

Then, it's not far fetched to suspect that these both words could be related,
is one a contraction of the other, or, maybe has an adverbial と been added to
じ in some way. Is there any connection?
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meaning etymology
Connection between phenomime じ and adverb じっ‐と?
Yes I believe they are cognates. It wouldn't be too much to say they are the
same word. This (っ)と is a suffix that follows an onomatopoeia and forms an
adverb. [This と is often
optional](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24943/5010), but for some short
words, と is mandatory when the word is used adverbially.

You can find the same pattern between しんと and しーん, さっと and さっ, がつんと and がつん,
しれっと and しれーっ, and so on.
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