Where does “wita” come from?
wita (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian witaś, from Proto-Slavic vitati, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
wita (Lower Sorbian): third-person singular present of witaś
Definitions
- third-person singular present of witaś
Ancestry of “wita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lower Sorbian | witaś | to greet, welcome |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vitati | to live, dwell; to welcome, greet |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |