Where does “folkvett” come from?

folkvett (Swedish) comes from Swedish vett, from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

folkvett (Swedish): common sense

Definitions

common sense

Ancestry of “folkvett”, step by step

folkvett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vett

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	vett	ability to behave in a reasonable, sensible and...
2	Old Norse	vit	first-person dual pronoun
3	Proto-Germanic	wit	Alternative form of *wet
4	Proto-Germanic	*wet	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	wéy	we
6	Proto-Indo-European	éǵh₂	I

via Swedish folk

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	folk	people in general, humans; a people, a nation; in...
2	Old Norse	folk	army; people; people, army
3	Proto-Germanic	fulką	people; tribe
4	Proto-Indo-European	pleh₁-	to fill

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wet →