Where does “wistest” come from?
wistest (English) comes from English wist, from English Wit, from English with, from Middle English wiþ, from Old English wiþ, from Old English wiþer, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą — apart, asunder; away from, against.
wistest (English): second-person singular simple past form of wit
Definitions
- second-person singular simple past form of wit
Ancestry of “wistest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wist | simple past tense and past participle of wit; To... |
| 2 | English | Wit | — |
| 3 | English | with | Against; In the company of; alongside, close to;... |
| 4 | Middle English | wiþ | with |
| 5 | Old English | wiþ | against, opposite; along, towards; with |
| 6 | Old English | wiþer | toward, against; again, against; against, in... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |