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Where does “wottest” come from?

wottest (English) comes from English wot, 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.

wottest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “wottest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwotTo know; first-person singular present indicative...
2EnglishWit—
3EnglishwithAgainst; In the company of; alongside, close to;...
4Middle Englishwiþwith
5Old Englishwiþagainst, opposite; along, towards; with
6Old Englishwiþertoward, against; again, against; against, in...
7Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
8Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

Words derived from “wottest”

  • wotest
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