Where does “vitsemaker” come from?
vitsemaker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vits, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī, from Proto-Germanic witją, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.
vitsemaker (Norwegian Bokmål): a joker
Ancestry of “vitsemaker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vits | point, use; a joke, witticism, jest |
| 2 | German | witz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |