wiht
Old Saxon
/wɪxt/
noun
Definitions
- creature, person, thing, being
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (essence, object, thing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wihtiz
Gloss
essence, object, thing
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bösewicht German
- Wicht German
- Wichtel German
- booswicht Dutch, Flemish
- evenwicht Dutch, Flemish
- tegenwicht Dutch, Flemish
- wicht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarwichtig Dutch, Flemish
- *wekti- Proto-Indo-European
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *wihtą Proto-Germanic
- awiht Old English
- efenwiht Old English
- wiht Old English
- weight Middle English
- wight Middle English
- wiȝt Middle English
- vættki Old Norse
- vættr Old Norse
- véttr Old Norse
- vítr Old Norse
- vætte Danish
- gewichte Middle Dutch
- wicht Middle Dutch
- iowiht Old High German
- wiht Old High German
- wicht Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- wicht Middle Low German
- wæt Old Danish