Words that come from Proto-Germanic wihtiz

220 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wihtiz — including weight, eight, ought, aught, overweight, lightweight, whit, heavyweight.

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English (86)

German (50)

Norwegian Bokmål (17)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Middle English (8)

Middle High German (8)

Danish (7)

Old High German (5)

Yiddish (4)

Old English (4)

Central Franconian (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Japanese (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Danish (2)

Gothic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)