Where does “guide” come from?

guide (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.

guide (Norwegian Nynorsk): a guide; to guide

Definitions

  1. a guide; to guide

Ancestry of “guide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGuideOS grid ref SD7025
2Middle Englishguide—
3Old Frenchguidea guide
4Occitanguida—
5Occitanguidarto guide, to lead
6Frankishwītanto show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame
7Proto-Germanic*witaną—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “guide”

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