*witją
Runic: ᚹᛁᛏᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwit.jɑ̃/noun · neuter · ja-stem
Meanings
- knowledge
- reason; sense; understanding
- wit
Etymology
Nominal formation from *witaną (‘to know’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | witją | witjō |
| Acc. | witją | witjō |
| Gen. | witjas, witis | witjǫ̂ |
| Dat. | witjai | witjamaz |
| Inst. | witjō | witjamiz |
| Voc. | witją | witjō |
Descendants
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
- witt, wit (Old Frisian)
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
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witti (Old Dutch)
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witte, wit, wet (Middle Dutch)
- wit (Dutch)
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witte, wit, wet (Middle Dutch)
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witti (Old Dutch)
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
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witt (Old English)
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witt, witte, wit, wyt (Middle English)
- wit (English)
- quyt, wit, wyt (Scots)
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witt, witte, wit, wyt (Middle English)
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witt (Old English)
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wizzi (Old High German)
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witze (Middle High German)
- Witz (Hunsrik)
- Witz (Luxembourgish)
- וויץ (vits) (Yiddish)
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witze (Middle High German)
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wizzi (Old High German)
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
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wizzi (Old High German)
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witze (Middle High German)
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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)
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Witz (German)
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witze (Middle High German)
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wizzi (Old High German)
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*witi (Proto-West Germanic)
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*witt, *wit (Old Saxon)
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wit, wite, wete (Middle Low German)
- Weet (German Low German)
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wit, wite, wete (Middle Low German)
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*witt, *wit (Old Saxon)
- *𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (*witi) (Gothic)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti) (Gothic)
- *wit (Vandalic)