Where does “wīt” come from?

wīt (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

wīt (Old Frisian): we two

Definitions

  1. we two

Ancestry of “wīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “wīt”

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