Where does “wȧjs” come from?

wȧjs (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic hwīt, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

wȧjs (Vilamovian): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “wȧjs”, step by step

wȧjs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German wīz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwīzwhite
2Proto-West Germanichwītwhite
3Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

via German Weiß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWeißwhite, whiteness; powder, face powder
2Middle High Germanwīȥ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwīt →