Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwit.jɑ̃/

Noun

*witją n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *witją (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*witją	*witjō
vocative	*witją	*witjō
accusative	*witją	*witjō
genitive	witjas, witis	*witjǫ̂
dative	*witjai	*witjamaz
instrumental	*witjō	*witjamiz

Derived terms

*witjalausaz

Related terms

*witaną

Descendants

Old English: witt; ġewitt, ġewit
- Middle English: witt, witte, wit, wyt
  - Scots: quyt, wit, wyt
  - English: wit
Old Frisian: witt, wit
Old Saxon: *witt, *wit (in compounds); gewitt, giwit
- Middle Low German: wit, wite, wete
  - German Low German: Weet
Old Dutch: *witti
- Middle Dutch: witte, wit, wet
  - Dutch: wit
Old High German: wizzi; gewizzi
- Middle High German: witze
  - German: Witz
    - Finnish: vitsi
    - German Low German: Witz
    - Saterland Frisian: Wits
  - Luxembourgish: Witz
  - Yiddish: וויץ‎ (vits)
Old Norse: vit
- Icelandic: vit
- Faroese: vit
- Norwegian: vit
- Old Swedish: vit, vēt
  - Swedish: vett
- Danish: vid
- Westrobothnian: vet
Gothic: *𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (*witi) (attested in 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti))

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