Where does “wit” come from?

wit (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wīt, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wit (Middle Dutch): white; clean; pale

Definitions

  1. white; clean; pale

Ancestry of “wit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwītwhite
2Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
3Proto-Germanic*wet—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →