vit
Icelandic
/vɪːt/
noun
Definitions
- wits, intelligence
- reason, sense
- knowledge
- awareness, sentience
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vit (wit, sanity, we two) inherited from Proto-Germanic *witją (knowledge, reason, mind, wit).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*witją
Gloss
knowledge, reason, mind, wit
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
理
Emoji
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
- witloof English
- witness English
- witsome English
- witted English
- witteth English
- wittol English
- witty English
- witwanton English
- witworm English
- Witterici Latin
- Antiwitz German
- Insiderwitz German
- Treppenwitz German
- Witz German
- Witzbold German
- witzig German
- vicc Hungarian
- Dubbel Wit Dutch, Flemish
- Dubbelwit Dutch, Flemish
- Sneeuwwitje Dutch, Flemish
- Wit-Rusland Dutch, Flemish
- eiwit Dutch, Flemish
- hagelwit Dutch, Flemish
- lijkwit Dutch, Flemish
- oogwit Dutch, Flemish
- roomwit Dutch, Flemish
- spierwit Dutch, Flemish
- wijting Dutch, Flemish
- wit Dutch, Flemish
- witbier Dutch, Flemish
- witbrood Dutch, Flemish
- witgat Dutch, Flemish
- witgoed Dutch, Flemish
- witgoud Dutch, Flemish
- witheet Dutch, Flemish
- witkopmeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- witkopzeearend Dutch, Flemish
- witlof Dutch, Flemish
- witsnuitlibel Dutch, Flemish
- wittebrood Dutch, Flemish
- witten Dutch, Flemish
- witwassen Dutch, Flemish
- *bhil- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- vett Norwegian Bokmål
- vits Norwegian Bokmål
- *wit Proto-Germanic
- *witaną Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- folkvett Swedish
- vett Swedish
- vits Swedish
- vett Norwegian Nynorsk
- vits Norwegian Nynorsk
- witt Old English
- wit Middle English
- vit Old Norse
- vitlauss Old Norse
- vizkr Old Norse
- víðr Old Norse
- vanvid Danish
- vid Danish
- vits Danish
- виц Serbo-Croatian
- hyggja Icelandic
- hyggjuvit Icelandic
- mannvit Icelandic
- mannvitsbrekka Icelandic
- maður Icelandic
- vitlaus Icelandic
- við Icelandic
- wit Middle Dutch
- wizzi Old High German
- wit Afrikaans
- vit Faroese
- виц Bulgarian
- witz Middle High German
- Witz Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 Gothic
- *witi gmw-pro
- wittich Middle Low German
- виц Macedonian
- *wit Old Saxon
- vet Westrobothnian
- wįð Elfdalian