Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “wlitan” come from?

wlitan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wlītaną, from Proto-Germanic wleyd(ʰ)-.

wlitan (Old English): to look; to behold

Definitions

  1. to look; to behold

Ancestry of “wlitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwlītanąto see, look
2Proto-Germanicwleyd(ʰ)-—
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