Where does “vite” come from?

vite (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vite (Norwegian Bokmål): to know

Definitions

  1. to know

Ancestry of “vite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevítato know
2Proto-Germanic*witaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Germanic *witaną →