vitni

From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).

vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, plural vitni(r))

1. witness, eye-witness
2. evidence

• vitnisábyrgd (be on oath)
• vitnisberi (attestator)
• vitnisburður (evidence, testimony)
• vitnisfastur (proved by evidence)

From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪhtnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪhtnɪ

vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, nominative plural vitni)

1. witness

From Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, root meaning "to see". Therefore the semantic evolution is "one who has seen" > "witness". Related to vita, vit.

vitni n (genitive vitnis)

1. witness, testimony
2. evidence

• vitna (“to witness, testify”)

• Icelandic: vitni
• Faroese: vitni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitne
• Old Swedish: vitne
  • Swedish: vittne
• Danish: vidne

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vitni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive