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Where does “uþwita” come from?

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

uþwita (Old English): philosopher; scholar, expert; a person...

Definitions

  1. philosopher; scholar, expert; a person...

Ancestry of “uþwita”, step by step

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