Where does “wicht” come from?

wicht (German) comes from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wicht (German): second-person plural preterite of weichen

Definitions

  1. second-person plural preterite of weichen

Ancestry of “wicht”, step by step

wicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German wicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwicht—
2Old Saxonwihtcreature, person, thing, being
3Proto-West Germanicwihtithing, creature; weight
4Proto-Germanicwihtizessence, being; thing, creature; weight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Middle High German wicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwicht—
2Old High Germanwihtcreature, thing; thing, being; being, creature
3Proto-Germanicwihtąthing, creature
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekti-object, thing; thing; cause, sake, thing
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “wicht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wihti →
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