Where does “vanvid” come from?
vanvid (Danish) comes from Old Norse vanvit, from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
vanvid (Danish): insanity, madness
Ancestry of “vanvid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | vanvit | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | vit | first-person dual pronoun |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wit | Alternative form of *wet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *wet | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |