*wlitiz

Runic: ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwli.tiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

  1. sight, appearance
  2. countenance, face
  3. look, aspect, blee

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wél-ti-s ~ *wl̥-téy-s, from *wel- (‘to see’) + *-tis. Cognate with Latin vultus (‘feature, appearance, visage, aspect, look’), Old Armenian գեղ (geł). Compare *wulþuz (‘glory’). By synchronic analysis, a nominal formation from *wlītaną (‘to see, look’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wlitizwlitīz
Acc.wlitįwlitinz
Gen.wlitīzwlitjǫ̂
Dat.wlitīwlitimaz
Inst.wlitīwlitimiz
Voc.wlitiwlitīz

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Descendants

  • *wliti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wlite (Old Frisian)
    • wliti (Old Saxon)
  • *wliti (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wlite, wlitu (Old English)
      • wlite (Middle English)
  • litr (Old Norse)
    • litur (Faroese)
    • litur (Icelandic)
    • let (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • let, lit (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • litr (Old Norse)
    • lyt (Old Danish)
      • lød (Danish)
        • lød (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • litr (Old Norse)
    • lit (Old English)
      • lit, litte (Middle English)
        • lit (English)
        • lit, litt (Scots)
  • litr (Old Norse)
    • liter (Old Swedish)
      • let, lit (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 (wlits) (Gothic)

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