wit
Middle Dutch
adj
Definitions
- white
- clean
- pale (of skin)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *wit inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz inherited from Old Dutch wīt inherited from *hwīt inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (white).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwītaz
Gloss
white
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- witloof English
- Dubbel Wit Dutch, Flemish
- Dubbelwit Dutch, Flemish
- Sneeuwwitje Dutch, Flemish
- Wit-Rusland Dutch, Flemish
- eiwit Dutch, Flemish
- hagelwit Dutch, Flemish
- lijkwit Dutch, Flemish
- oogwit Dutch, Flemish
- roomwit Dutch, Flemish
- spierwit Dutch, Flemish
- wijting Dutch, Flemish
- wit Dutch, Flemish
- witbier Dutch, Flemish
- witbrood Dutch, Flemish
- witgat Dutch, Flemish
- witgoed Dutch, Flemish
- witgoud Dutch, Flemish
- witheet Dutch, Flemish
- witkopmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- witkopzeearend Dutch, Flemish
- witlof Dutch, Flemish
- witsnuitlibel Dutch, Flemish
- wittebrood Dutch, Flemish
- witten Dutch, Flemish
- witwassen Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱweydós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos, ḱweydos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwittaz Proto-Germanic
- *hwītaz Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- hwit Old English
- hwīt Old English
- hvítr Old Norse
- wiz Old High German
- wīz Old High German
- wit Afrikaans
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *hwīt gmw-pro
- *wit Old Dutch
- wīt Old Dutch
- hwit Old Saxon
- hwīt Old Saxon
- hwīt Old Frisian
- wīt Old Frisian
- weet Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- wichtgata Crimean Gothic