וויץ
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- joke amusing story
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German witze (sense, knowledge) inherited from Old High German wizzi inherited from *witi 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
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Witterici Latin
- Witz German
- aberwitzig German
- *bhil- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *witaną Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- witt Old English
- vit Old Norse
- giwizzi Old High German
- wizzi Old High German
- wizzilos Old High German
- vit Faroese
- witz Middle High German
- witze Middle High German
- Witz Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 Gothic
- *witi gmw-pro
- wittich Middle Low German
- *wit Old Saxon