Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “helvíti” come from?

helvíti (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse viti, from Proto-Germanic wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “helvíti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevitiindicator; token, mark, signal; beacon
2Proto-Germanicwītijąpunishment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “helvíti”

  • helvetti
  • helvetillinen
  • helvettimäinen
  • helvetinkone
  • helvetisti
  • helvete
  • helvete
  • helvete
  • helvíti
  • helvítis
  • helvískur
  • helvet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →