Where does “mannvit” come from?
mannvit (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vit, from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
mannvit (Icelandic): sense, reason, intelligence
Definitions
- sense, reason, intelligence
Ancestry of “mannvit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | vit | wits, intelligence; reason, sense; knowledge |
| 2 | Old Norse | vit | first-person dual pronoun |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wit | Alternative form of *wet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *wet | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |