*witją

Runic: ᚹᛁᛏᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwit.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

  1. knowledge
  2. reason; sense; understanding
  3. wit

Etymology

Nominal formation from *witaną (‘to know’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.witjąwitjō
Acc.witjąwitjō
Gen.witjas, witiswitjǫ̂
Dat.witjaiwitjamaz
Inst.witjōwitjamiz
Voc.witjąwitjō

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Descendants

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

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