Where does “wītan” come from?

wītan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wītan (Proto-West Germanic): to accuse, to blame

Definitions

  1. to accuse, to blame

Ancestry of “wītan”, step by step

wītan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *witaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*witaną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Germanic wītaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwītanąto see; know; to go; go forth; part; to punish;...

Words derived from “wītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Germanic *witaną →