Where does “ġewītan” come from?

ġewītan (Old English) comes from Old English wītan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

ġewītan (Old English): to see, pass over, go, depart

Definitions

  1. to see, pass over, go, depart

Ancestry of “ġewītan”, step by step

ġewītan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwītanto look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or...
2Proto-West Germanicwītanto accuse, to blame
3Proto-Germanic*witaną—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ġewītan”

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