Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/witi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *witją.

Noun

*witi n

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

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*witi
Genitive	*wittjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*witi	*wittju
Accusative	*witi	*wittju
Genitive	*wittjas	*wittjō
Dative	*wittjē	*wittjum
Instrumental	*wittju	*wittjum

Related terms

• *witan
• *wit
• *witēn

Descendants

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