witan
Old Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to know
Etymology
Inherited from *witan inherited from Proto-Germanic *witaną (know, wit) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (know, have seen).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wóyde
Gloss
know, have seen
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
知
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- weten Dutch, Flemish
- οἶδα Ancient Greek
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *wóyde Proto-Indo-European
- vite Norwegian Bokmål
- *waist Proto-Germanic
- *witaną Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- vita Norwegian Nynorsk
- witan Old English
- vita Old Norse
- vide Danish
- *věděti Proto-Slavic
- vita Icelandic
- weten Middle Dutch
- wēten Middle Dutch
- wizzan Old High German
- vita Faroese
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *witan gmw-pro
- witan Old Saxon
- vita Old Swedish
- vetta Westrobothnian
- wita Old Frisian
- witå Elfdalian
- veda Scanian
- veer Jutish