Where does “vit” come from?

vit (Faroese) comes from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

vit (Faroese): intelligence; consciousness; we

Definitions

intelligence; consciousness; we

Ancestry of “vit”, step by step

vit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse vit

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	vit	first-person dual pronoun
2	Proto-Germanic	wit	Alternative form of *wet
3	Proto-Germanic	*wet	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	wéy	we
5	Proto-Indo-European	éǵh₂	I

via Proto-Germanic witją

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	witją	knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit
2	Indo-European	*weyd-	—

Words derived from “vit”

vitbjartur
flogvit
vitlíki

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →