Where does “wist” come from?
Wist comes from English wit, with, and withe, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European weyd- and wī-, roots associated with knowledge and binding.
wist (English): simple past tense and past participle of wit; To...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of wit; To...
Ancestry of “wist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Wit | — |
| 2 | English | with | Against; In the company of; alongside, close to;... |
| 3 | Middle English | wiþ | with |
| 4 | Old English | wiþ | against, opposite; along, towards; with |
| 5 | Old English | wiþer | toward, against; again, against; against, in... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |
Words derived from “wist”