Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Nominal formation from *witaną (“to know”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwit.jɑ̃/

Noun

*witją n

Inflection

Declension of *witją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*witją	*witjō
vocative	*witją	*witjō
accusative	*witją	*witjō
genitive	witjas, witis	*witjǫ̂
dative	*witjai	*witjamaz
instrumental	*witjō	*witjamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *witi
- Old English: witt
  - Middle English: witt, witte, wit, wyt
    - Scots: quyt, wit, wyt
    - English: wit
- Old Frisian: witt, wit
- Old Saxon: *witt, *wit (in compounds)
  - Middle Low German: wit, wite, wete
    - German Low German: Weet
- Old Dutch: witti
  - Middle Dutch: witte, wit, wet
    - Dutch: wit
- Old High German: wizzi
  - Middle High German: witze
    - German: Witz
      - → Bulgarian: виц (vic)
      - → Danish: vits
      - → Finnish: vitsi
      - → Hungarian: vicc
      - → Low German: Witz
      - → Macedonian: виц (vic)
      - → Norwegian: vits
      - → Saterland Frisian: Wits
      - → Serbo-Croatian: vic
      - → Polish: wic
      - → Silesian: wic
      - → Slovene: vic
      - → Swedish: vits
      - → Ukrainian: віц (vic)
    - Hunsrik: Witz
    - Luxembourgish: Witz
    - Yiddish: וויץ (vits)
Gothic: *𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (*witi) (attested in 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti))
Vandalic: *wit, *witV-

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*witjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*witjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464

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