Where does “vittig” come from?
vittig (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German wittich, from Proto-Germanic witją, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
vittig (Norwegian Nynorsk): witty
Ancestry of “vittig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | wittich | sensible, intelligent |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |