*witōþą

Runic: ᚹᛁᛏᛟᚦᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwi.tɔː.θɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

law; (literally) what is known or observed

Probably derived from *witōdaz, past participle of *witōną.

*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- witut, witat (Old Frisian)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- witat, witut (Old Dutch)
  - wet (Middle Dutch)
    - wèt (Limburgish)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- witat, witut (Old Dutch)
  - wet (Middle Dutch)
    - wet (Dutch)
      - wet (Afrikaans)
      - wet (Ambonese Malay)
      - wèt (Caribbean Javanese)
      - wet (Indonesian)
      - wät (Jersey Dutch)
      - ꦮꦺꦠ꧀ (wet) (Madurese)
      - wet (Negerhollands)
      - wét (Sundanese)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- witat, witut (Old Dutch)
  - wet (Middle Dutch)
    - wet (Dutch)
      - wèt (Sranan Tongo)
        
        weiti (Aukan)
        
        weti (Saramaccan)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- witat, witut (Old Dutch)
  - wet (Middle Dutch)
    - wette (Middle High German)
      - Wett (Central Franconian)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- wizzōd, wizzid (Old High German)
  - wizzōt, wizōt (Middle High German)
*witōþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *witōth (Old Saxon)
  - wette, wet, wit (Middle Low German)
    - Wet (Low German)
𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 (witōþ) (Gothic)