Where does “wet” come from?

wet (Tok Pisin) comes from English wet, from Middle English wet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

wet (Tok Pisin): wet; wait

Definitions

wet; wait

Ancestry of “wet”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	wet	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually water; Of...
2	Middle English	wet	wet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
3	Middle English	weten	to wet
4	Old English	wǣtan	to wet, moisten, water
5	Proto-Germanic	wētijaną	to wet; make wet
6	Indo-European	*wed-	—

Words derived from “wet”

wetliva

Every word from Indo-European *wed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wētijaną →Every word from Old English wǣtan →