Words that come from Proto-Germanic wihtiz

400 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wihtiz — including weight, White, Watts, overweight, Whitehead, lightweight, whit, whitewashed.

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English (199)

German (53)

Norwegian Bokmål (26)

Norwegian Nynorsk (17)

Dutch (15)

Danish (11)

Middle English (8)

Middle High German (8)

Old English (7)

Tok Pisin (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Swedish (4)

Old High German (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Central Franconian (3)

Yiddish (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Japanese (2)

Cebuano (2)

Finnish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Limburgish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Old Danish (2)

Gothic (1)

Russian (1)

Translingual (1)

Greek (1)

Italian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Chinese (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)