wit
Middle English
/wit/
pronoun
Definitions
- First-person dual pronoun: we twain, the two of us.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wit (we two) inherited from *wit inherited from Proto-Germanic *wet.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wet
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwit English
- bewit English
- dickwit English
- dimwit English
- dullwit English
- forewit English
- fuckwit English
- inwit English
- lackwit English
- nitwit English
- numbwit English
- outwit English
- overwit English
- puzzlewit English
- quick-witted English
- shitwit English
- thickwit English
- underwit English
- unwit English
- wantwit English
- wit English
- witcraft English
- witful English
- witless English
- witling English
- witness English
- witsome English
- witted English
- witteth English
- wittol English
- witty English
- witwanton English
- witworm English
- witzig German
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *unk Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- gewitt Old English
- wit Old English
- witleas Old English
- witnes Old English
- witt Old English
- wittig Old English
- witword Old English
- word Middle English
- wytword Middle English
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄 Gothic
- *wit gmw-pro
- *witi gmw-pro
- *wit Old Dutch
- inka Old Saxon
- unkaro Old Saxon
- unkero Old Saxon
- wit Old Saxon