Where does “wet” come from?

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

wet (Bislama): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “wet”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wet”

Every word from Indo-European *wed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wētijaną →Every word from Old English wǣtan →