witut

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *witōþ, from Proto-Germanic *witōþą.

Noun

witut n

  1. law
    Synonym: ēwa
    • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:
      Got mīn gineri mī fan hendi sundigis, in fan hendi wither witut wirkendes in unrehtis
      Save me, God, from the hands of the sinner, and from the hands of the one that acts agains the law and the unrighteous.

Declension

Declension of witut (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative witut witut
accusative witut witut
genitive witudes witudo
dative witude witudon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wet
    • Dutch: wet
      • Afrikaans: wet
      • Jersey Dutch: wät
      • Negerhollands: wet
      • → Ambonese Malay: wet
      • → Caribbean Javanese: wèt
      • → Indonesian: wet
      • → Madurese: ꦮꦺꦠ꧀ (wet)
      • → Sranan Tongo: wèt
        • → Aukan: weiti
        • → Saramaccan: weti
      • → Sundanese: wét
    • Limburgish: wèt
    • → Middle High German: wette
      • Central Franconian: Wett (obsolete)

Further reading

“witut”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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