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Where does “wet” come from?

wet (Araki) comes from Bislama wet, from English wet, from Middle English wet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

wet (Araki): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “wet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bislamawetwet
2EnglishwetMade up of liquid or moisture, usually water; Of...
3Middle Englishwetwet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
4Middle Englishwetento wet
5Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
6Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
7Indo-European*wed-—
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