Where does “vitne” come from?

vitne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic witniją, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vitne (Norwegian Bokmål): a witness; to give evidence, testify, bear...

Definitions

  1. a witness; to give evidence, testify, bear...

Ancestry of “vitne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevitniwitness, testimony; evidence
2Proto-Germanicwitnijąwitness
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vitne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic witniją →Every word from Old Norse vitni →