Where does “wiȥȥen” come from?
wiȥȥen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German wiȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “wiȥȥen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | wiȥȥan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |