hvítur
Icelandic
/ˈxʷiːtʏr/, /ˈkʰviːtʏr/
adj
Definitions
- white
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hvítr inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (white) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (shine, bright).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱweytos
Gloss
shine, bright
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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
- hvit Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwītaz Proto-Germanic
- kvit Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwit Old English
- hwīt Old English
- श्वेत Sanskrit
- hvítleikr Old Norse
- hvítr Old Norse
- *světъ Proto-Slavic
- Hvíta-Rússland Icelandic
- Rússland Icelandic
- björn Icelandic
- hvítabjörn Icelandic
- hvítkál Icelandic
- hvítmaðra Icelandic
- hvítmosi Icelandic
- kál Icelandic
- maðra Icelandic
- mosi Icelandic
- سپهر Persian
- wiz Old High German
- wīz Old High German
- hvítur Faroese
- wīz Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *hwīt gmw-pro
- bais Cimbrian
- baise Cimbrian
- baiz Cimbrian
- baizz Cimbrian
- *ćwaytás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hwit Old Saxon
- hwīt Old Saxon
- wiiss Alemannic German
- wiss Alemannic German
- wéiss Alemannic German
- hviter Old Swedish
- hviter, hvīter Old Swedish
- gwit Westrobothnian
- hwīt Old Frisian
- wīt Old Frisian
- spyt' Middle Persian
- hwit Old Danish
- wait Elfdalian
- bais Bavarian
- baiss Bavarian
- hvid Norn
- wichtgata Crimean Gothic