Words that come from Proto-Germanic witaną

384 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Germanic witaną — including wise, wet, wit, wiser, wetting, wetland, wot, bismuth.

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English (137)

German (86)

Dutch (47)

Middle English (9)

Norwegian Bokmål (8)

Afrikaans (7)

Middle Dutch (6)

Gothic (6)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Swedish (5)

Yiddish (5)

Icelandic (4)

Danish (4)

Old English (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Middle Low German (3)

West Frisian (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old High German (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Malay (2)

Finnish (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Latin (2)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Scanian (1)

Low German (1)

French (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Russian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Frankish (1)

German Low German (1)

Araki (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Spanish (1)

Scots (1)

Bislama (1)

Old Frisian (1)