Where does “wettigen” come from?

wettigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch wettig, from Dutch wet, from Middle Dutch wet, from Old Dutch witat, from Proto-Germanic witōþą, from Proto-Germanic witōdaz, from Proto-Germanic witōną, from Proto-Germanic witaną — to see.

wettigen (Dutch): to make legal

Definitions

  1. to make legal

Ancestry of “wettigen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwettiglawful, legal
2Dutchwetlaw
3Middle Dutchwet
4Old Dutchwitat
5Proto-Germanicwitōþąlaw; what is known or observed
6Proto-Germanicwitōdazpast participle of *witōną
7Proto-Germanicwitōnąto know; to destine
8Proto-Germanicwitanąto know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-
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