Where does “vítr” come from?

vítr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic witraz, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “vítr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwitrazknowing, wise
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vítr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic witraz →
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