Where does “wit” come from?

wit (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

Ancestry of “wit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhwītwhite
2Proto-Germanic*hwīt—
3Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “wit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwīt →