Where does “vit” come from?
vit (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
vit (Old Norse): first-person dual pronoun
Definitions
- first-person dual pronoun
Ancestry of “vit”, step by step
vit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Germanic wit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | wit | Alternative form of *wet |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *wet | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Old Norse víta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | víta | to know |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |