Where does “æwita” come from?

æwita (Old English) comes from Old English wita, from Proto-Germanic witijô.

æwita (Old English): counselor, one skilled in the law

Definitions

  1. counselor, one skilled in the law

Ancestry of “æwita”, step by step

æwita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwitawise man, adviser, counsellor
2Proto-Germanicwitijô—

via Old English ǣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣmarriage; life; law, marriage
Every word from Proto-Germanic witijô →Every word from Old English wita →