Where does “wytword” come from?

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

wytword (Middle English): a statement which bears witness to something; testament; covenant

Definitions

  1. a statement which bears witness to something; testament; covenant

Ancestry of “wytword”, step by step

wytword traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English wit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwitFirst-person dual pronoun: we twain, the two of...
2Old Englishwitwe two; nominative dual of iċ
3Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
4Proto-Germanic*wet—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Middle English word

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwordA word; A statement; a linguistic unit said or...
2Old Englishworðword
3Proto-Germanic*word—
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wet →