Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witją

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Nominal formation from *witaną (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwit.jɑ̃/

Noun

*witją n

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

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *witją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*witją	*witjō
vocative	*witją	*witjō
accusative	*witją	*witjō
genitive	*witjas, *witis	*witjǫ̂
dative	*witjai	*witjamaz
instrumental	*witjō	*witjamiz

Related terms

• *witaną
• *witą
• *witāną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *witi
  • 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)
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (*witi) (attested in 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti))
• Vandalic: *wit, *witV-