*witaną

Runic: ᚹᛁᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwi.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Preterite-present

Meanings

to know

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (‘to have seen, known’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	wait	witį̄	–
2nd singular	waist	witīz	–
3rd singular	wait	witī	–
1st dual	witū	witīw	–
2nd dual	witudiz	witīdiz	–
1st plural	witum	witīm	–
2nd plural	witud	witīd	–
3rd plural	witun	witīn	–

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	–	–
2nd singular	–	–
3rd singular	–	–
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	–	–
2nd plural	–	–
3rd plural	–	–

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	wissǭ	wissēdį̄
2nd singular	wissēz	wissēdīz
3rd singular	wissē	wissēdī
1st dual	wissēdū	wissēdīw
2nd dual	wissēdudiz	wissēdīdiz
1st plural	wissēdum	wissēdīm
2nd plural	wissēdud	wissēdīd
3rd plural	wissēdun	wissēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
witaną	witandz	wissaz

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Descendants

*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- guier (Old French)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- witan (Old Dutch)
  - wēten (Middle Dutch)
    - weite, wiete (Limburgish)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- witan (Old Dutch)
  - wēten (Middle Dutch)
    - weten (Dutch)
      - weet (Afrikaans)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- witan, weotan (Old English)
  - witen, wete, weten, wetyn, wite, witenn, witten, wyett, wyt, wyte, wyten, woten (Middle English)
    - wit, weet (English)
    - wit (Scots)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- wita (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - wíete (Saterland Frisian)
  - wite, witte (West Frisian)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- wiȥȥan (Old High German)
  - wiȥȥen (Middle High German)
    - wüsse (Alemannic German)
    - wesse, wösse, wosse (Central Franconian)
    - bizzan (Cimbrian)
    - wissen (German)
    - wysa (Vilamovian)
    - וויסן (visn) (Yiddish)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- guidar (Old Occitan)
  - guiar (Asturian)
  - gidatu (Basque)
  - guidar (Catalan)
  - guidare (Italian)
  - guidar (Occitan)
  - guide (Old French)
  - guidé (Piedmontese)
  - guiar (Spanish)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- guidar (Old Occitan)
  - guiar (Old Galician-Portuguese)
    - guiar (Galician)
    - guiar (Portuguese)
*witan (Proto-West Germanic)
- witan (Old Saxon)
  - wēten, wetten (Middle Low German)
    - weten, weiten, witen, wieten (Low German)
      - wetten, wieten (German Low German)
*ᚹᚨᛁᛏ (*wait) (Proto-Norse)
- vita (Old Norse)
  - witå (Elfdalian)
  - vita (Faroese)
  - vite (Gutnish)
  - vita (Icelandic)
  - vita, veta (dialectal) væta, vætæ, vata, våtå, vytå, vøtå, voto, veita, vessta (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚹᚨᛁᛏ (*wait) (Proto-Norse)
- vita (Old Norse)
  - witæ (Old Danish)
    - veer (Jutish)
    - veda (Scanian)
*ᚹᚨᛁᛏ (*wait) (Proto-Norse)
- vita (Old Norse)
  - witæ (Old Danish)
    - vide (Danish)
      - vite (Norwegian Bokmål)
*ᚹᚨᛁᛏ (*wait) (Proto-Norse)
- vita (Old Norse)
  - vita, ᚠᛁᛏᛆ (Old Swedish)
    - veta (Swedish)
𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan) (Gothic)

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