Where does “witt” come from?

witt (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wit, from Old Saxon hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

witt (Plautdietsch): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “witt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwit—
2Old Saxonhwītwhite
3Proto-Germanic*hwīt—
4Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “witt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hwīt →