Where does “hwīt” come from?

hwīt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwīt, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

hwīt (Old English): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “hwīt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hwīt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwīt →