Where does “wætan” come from?

wætan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

wætan (Old English): to wet, moisten

Definitions

  1. to wet, moisten

Ancestry of “wætan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wātijanto wet
2Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
3Indo-European*wed-—
Every word from Indo-European *wed- →