Where does “witt” come from?

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

witt (Old English): mind, understanding, sense, sanity

Definitions

  1. mind, understanding, sense, sanity

Ancestry of “witt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwītīpunishment
2Proto-Germanicwitjąknowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit
3Proto-Germanic*witaną—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “witt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →