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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witāną

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

From *witaną + *-āną.

Verb

*witāną[1]

  1. to know
  2. to see

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *witēn
    • Old English: *witian
      • Old English: biwitian
    • Old High German: *wizzēn
      • Old High German: intwizzēn, irwizzēn, unwizzēn
  • Old Norse: vita
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witān)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*witēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
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