Where does “wīt” come from?

wīt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wīt (Old Dutch): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “wīt”, step by step

wīt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
2Proto-Germanic*wet—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-West Germanic hwīt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwītwhite
2Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “wīt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wet →