Where does “fáviti” come from?
fáviti (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vita, from Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
fáviti (Icelandic): idiot, imbecile, nincompoop
Definitions
- idiot, imbecile, nincompoop
Ancestry of “fáviti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | vita | to know; to see, check; inflection of viti:
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| 2 | Old Norse | víta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |