Where does “vitleysa” come from?

vitleysa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse vitleysa, from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

vitleysa (Icelandic): nonsense, rubbish, twaddle

Definitions

  1. nonsense, rubbish, twaddle

Ancestry of “vitleysa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevitleysamadness
2Old Norsevitfirst-person dual pronoun
3Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
4Proto-Germanic*wet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéyEvery word from Proto-Germanic *wet
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