Where does “weet” come from?

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

weet (English): To know

Definitions

  1. To know

Ancestry of “weet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwetento wet
2Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
3Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
4Indo-European*wed-—

Words derived from “weet”

Every word from Indo-European *wed- →