Where does “þurhwlitan” come from?

þurhwlitan (Old English) comes from Old English wlitan, from Proto-Germanic wlītaną, from Proto-Germanic wleyd(ʰ)-.

þurhwlitan (Old English): to look through, penetrate with sight

Definitions

  1. to look through, penetrate with sight

Ancestry of “þurhwlitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwlitanto look; to behold
2Proto-Germanicwlītanąto see, look
3Proto-Germanicwleyd(ʰ)-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic wleyd(ʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wlītaną →Every word from Old English wlitan →