Where does “wiht” come from?

wiht (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wiht (Old Saxon): creature, person, thing, being

Definitions

  1. creature, person, thing, being

Ancestry of “wiht”, step by step

wiht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic wihti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwihtithing, creature; weight
2Proto-Germanicwihtizessence, being; thing, creature; weight
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Proto-Germanic wiht-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwiht-thing

Words derived from “wiht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wihti →