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Where does β€œπ…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒβ€ come from?

π…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒ (Gothic) comes from Gothic π…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½, from Gothic π…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒΈπƒ, from Proto-Germanic wΔ«twōdz, from Proto-Indo-European wΓ©ydwō(t)s, from Proto-Indo-European weydwαΉ“(t)s, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- β€” to see.

π…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒ (Gothic): the act of bearing witness, testifying

Definitions

  1. the act of bearing witness, testifying

Ancestry of β€œπ…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒβ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothicπ…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒ³πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½to testify as a witness
2Gothicπ…πŒ΄πŒΉπ„π…π‰πŒΈπƒwitness
3Proto-Germanicwītwōdzwitness
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwΓ©ydwō(t)sβ€”
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanweydwαΉ“(t)sβ€”
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- β†’