wit
Old English
pronoun
Definitions
- wewe two; (inflection of) iċ
Etymology
Inherited from *wit inherited from Proto-Germanic *wet derived from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (water, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wed-
Gloss
water, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
⚓️ ⛵️ 🌊 🏄️ 🏊️ 🏖️ 🏝️ 🐃 🐋 🐙 🐚 🐟️ 🐠 🐡 🐢 🐬 🐳 🔫 🚢 🚣 🚤 🚿 🛁 🛥️ 🛳️ 🤽 🦀 🦆 🦈 🦐 🦑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wit English
- aqua vitae Latin
- utrem Latin
- во́дка Russian
- ὑδρο- Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *u-né-d-ti, *u-n-d-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *udreh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udréh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udrós Proto-Indo-European
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wédōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- vett Norwegian Bokmål
- *unk Proto-Germanic
- *waskaną Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- *wit Proto-Germanic
- *witawurdą Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- *wētijaną Proto-Germanic
- vett Swedish
- vett Norwegian Nynorsk
- witt Old English
- witword Old English
- word Old English
- wit Middle English
- wytword Middle English
- vit Old Norse
- vizkr Old Norse
- vanvid Danish
- vit Icelandic
- við Icelandic
- wâter Middle Dutch
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄 Gothic
- *wit gmw-pro
- *wit Old Dutch
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *utnio- Proto-Celtic
- inka Old Saxon
- unkaro Old Saxon
- unkero Old Saxon
- wit Old Saxon
- vet Westrobothnian
- *udrijā Proto-Albanian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- wįð Elfdalian