Where does “wit” come from?

wit (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wit (Old Saxon): we two; nominative dual of ik

Definitions

  1. we two; nominative dual of ik

Ancestry of “wit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
2Proto-Germanic*wet—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wet →