Where does “wut” come from?

wut (Yola) comes from Middle English wit, from Old English wit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wut (Yola): wit

Definitions

  1. wit

Ancestry of “wut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwitFirst-person dual pronoun: we twain, the two of...
2Old Englishwitwe two; nominative dual of iċ
3Proto-GermanicwitAlternative form of *wet
4Proto-Germanic*wet—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wet →