wit
North Frisian
/vɪt/
adjective
Definitions
- (Sylt) white
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frisian hwīt 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
- *ḱweydós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos, ḱweydos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwītaz Proto-Germanic
- hwit Old English
- hwīt Old English
- hvítr Old Norse
- wiz Old High German
- wīz Old High German
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *hwīt gmw-pro
- wīt Old Dutch
- hwit Old Saxon
- hwīt Old Saxon
- wyt Western Frisian
- hwīt Old Frisian
- wīt Old Frisian
- witj North Frisian
- wichtgata Crimean Gothic