Where does “við” come from?

við (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic wiþr- — against.

við (Icelandic): we, nominative plural form of the personal...

Definitions

  1. we, nominative plural form of the personal...

Ancestry of “við”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseviðwithy, withe; collar; against; towards, against
2Proto-Germanicwiþr-against

Words derived from “við”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wiþr- →Every word from Old Norse við →