vit

Icelandic

/vɪːt/

noun
Definitions
  • wits, intelligence
  • reason, sense
  • knowledge
  • awareness, sentience

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vit (wit, sanity, we two) inherited from Proto-Germanic *witją (knowledge, reason, mind, wit).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*witją

Gloss

knowledge, reason, mind, wit

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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