wit

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#WIT Wintu or WintuCategory:Translingual terms derived from Wintu#WIT wintʰu·hCategory:Translingual abbreviations#WIT.

Symbol

witCategory:Translingual lemmas#WITCategory:Translingual symbols#WITCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#WITCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (international standards, obsoleteCategory:Translingual terms with obsolete senses#WIT) Former ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Wintu.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WITCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-#WIT

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WITCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WIT wit, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WITCategory:English terms derived from Old English#WIT witt (understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *witi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *witją (knowledge, reason), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WIT *weyd- (see, know).

Cognate with Dutch wit (knowledge), German Witz (joke; wit, humour), Danish vid (wit), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish vett (wit), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, ignorance), Latin vīdī (see (pf.)), Bulgarian вям (vjam, to know), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, to know), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, knowledge, wisdom). Compare wise.

Noun

wit (countable and uncountable, plural wits)Category:English lemmas#WITCategory:English nouns#WITCategory:English uncountable nouns#WITCategory:English countable nouns#WITCategory:English countable nouns#WITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
    He's gone completely out of his wits.Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#WIT, usually in the plural) The senses.
  3. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
    Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
  4. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
    My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
  5. Intelligence; common sense.
    The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
  6. Humour, especially when clever or quick.
    The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
  7. A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
    Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
    • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: [], London: [] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] [], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
      Tuc[ca]. [] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: []
      Category:English terms with quotations#WIT
    • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. []”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: [] Benj[amin] Motte, [], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
      [] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; []
      Category:English terms with quotations#WIT
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

See also

(type of humor):

Etymology 2

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WITCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-#WIT

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WIT witen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#WIT witan, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *witan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *witaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WIT *weyd- (see, know).

Cognate with North Frisian waase, wed, weet (to know), Saterland Frisian wíete (to know), West Frisian wite, witte (to know), Alemannic German wüsse (to know), Cimbrian bizzan (to know), Dutch, Low German weten (to know), German wissen (to know), Luxembourgish wëssen (to know), Yiddish וויסן (visn, to know), Danish vide (to know), Elfdalian witå (to know), Faroese, Icelandic vita (to know), Jutish veer (to know), Norwegian Bokmål vide, vite (to know), Norwegian Nynorsk veta, vita, våtå (to know), Scanian veda (to know), Swedish veta (to know), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan, to know), Italian guidare (to guide), Spanish, Portuguese guiar (to guide), French guider (to guide), and Latin videō (to see). Compare guide.

Verb

witCategory:English lemmas#WITCategory:English verbs#WITCategory:English defective verbs#WITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT (see below for this verb’s conjugation)

  1. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#WITCategory:English intransitive verbs#WIT, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#WIT except in to wit) To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
    You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
    They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#WIT
Usage notes
  • The verb remains in use only in the infinitive form in the fixed expression to wit.
  • As a preterite-present verb, the third-person singular indicative form is not wits but wot; the plural indicative forms conform to the infinitive: we wit, ye wit, they wit.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From with.

Pronunciation

Preposition

witCategory:English lemmas#WITCategory:English prepositions#WITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (Southern USCategory:Southern US English#WIT) Pronunciation spelling of withCategory:English pronunciation spellings#WIT.

See also

Anagrams

Category:English irregular verbs#WIT Category:en:Comedy#WIT Category:English 3-letter words#WIT

Afrikaans

Etymology

From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#WITCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#WIT wit, from Middle DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch#WITCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch#WIT wit, from Old DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch#WITCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch#WIT *wit, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwittaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

wit (attributive wit, comparative witter, superlative witste)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#WITCategory:Afrikaans adjectives#WITCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. white (colour)
    Antonym: swart
  2. white, White (classification of people)
    Synonym: blank
    Coordinate terms: bruin, swart

Inflection

Inflection of wit
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive wit witte wittes wits
comparative witter wittere witteres witters
superlative witste witstes
Category:af:Colors#WIT

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old JavaneseCategory:Balinese terms borrowed from Old Javanese#WITCategory:Balinese terms derived from Old Javanese#WIT wwit, wwīt, wit (origin, cause; base, foundation; stem, tree).

Pronunciation

Noun

wit (Balinese script ᬯᬶᬢ᭄)Category:Balinese lemmas#WITCategory:Balinese nouns#WITCategory:Balinese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. tree
    Wénten wit poh akéh ring Nagara.There are many mango trees in Nagara.Category:Balinese terms with usage examples#WIT
  2. origin

Derived terms

Further reading

  • wit”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Belizean Creole

Preposition

witCategory:Belizean Creole lemmas#WITCategory:Belizean Creole prepositions#WITCategory:Belizean Creole entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. alternative form of wid

References

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 374.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#WIT wit, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#WIT *wit, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *hwīt, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (shine; bright).

The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

Adjective

wit (comparative witter, superlative witst)Category:Dutch lemmas#WITCategory:Dutch adjectives#WITCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. white
    De muur is wit.The wall is white.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
    Ze droeg een witte jurk tijdens het feest.She wore a white dress at the party.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
    Zijn tanden zijn witter dan die van haar.His teeth are whiter than hers.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
  2. (of income) legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes
    Zijn inkomen is volledig wit.His income is fully legal and taxed.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
    Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben.Many people aim to have a white, or legally obtained income.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
  3. (chiefly SurinameCategory:Surinamese Dutch#WIT) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)
    Synonym: blank
  4. (SurinameCategory:Surinamese Dutch#WIT) having a relatively light skin colour
  5. (archaicCategory:Dutch terms with archaic senses#WIT) clear-lighted, not dark at all
    De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit.The long-wished-for day appeared, very clear and white.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
Usage notes
  • Since the 2010s, wit has come to be increasingly used in continental Dutch among youth and others (associated with social justice movements) as a more neutral alternative to the most commonly used blank, which is argued to be tainted by the colonial era (see Afrikaans blank) and have a connotation of "cleanliness" and "purity" that wit does not have. See Blank en wit in het racismedebat on nlwiki.
Declension
Declension of wit
uninflected wit
inflected witte
comparative witter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial witwitterhet witst
het witste
indefinite m./f. sing. wittewitterewitste
n. sing. witwitterwitste
plural wittewitterewitste
definite wittewitterewitste
partitive witswitters
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#WITCategory:Dutch nouns#WITCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#WITCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (uncountableCategory:Dutch uncountable nouns#WIT) white (color)
    Wit is alle kleuren ineens.
    White is all colors at once.
    Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
  2. (archaicCategory:Dutch terms with archaic senses#WIT) (short for doelwit (goal, target, the white in a bullseye))
    Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel)
    My goal is to corrupt Adam and his origin.
    Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
  3. (slangCategory:Dutch slang#WIT) cocaine
    Heb je een halfje wit?
    Do you have a dose of cocaine? (The phrase halfje wit normally means "half a loaf of white bread".)
    Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WIT
Derived terms

Verb

witCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#WITCategory:Dutch verb forms#WITCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. inflection of witten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Etymology 2

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#WIT wit, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#WIT *witti, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *witi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *witją (knowledge, reason), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WIT *weyd- (see, know).

Related to weten (to know), wis (knowledge) and wijs (wise). Cognate with English wit, German Witz.

Noun

wit n (plural witten, diminutive witje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#WITCategory:Dutch nouns#WITCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#WITCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (archaicCategory:Dutch terms with archaic senses#WIT) ability to think and reason
  2. (archaicCategory:Dutch terms with archaic senses#WIT) knowledge

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

witCategory:Gothic non-lemma forms#WITCategory:Gothic romanizations#WITCategory:Gothic entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐍄

Javanese

Romanization

witCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#WITCategory:Javanese romanizations#WITCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#WITCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. romanization of ꦮꦶꦠ꧀

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : wit
    Ordinal : wityèmm

Etymology

Inherited from FrenchCategory:Louisiana Creole terms inherited from French#WITCategory:Louisiana Creole terms derived from French#WIT huit (eight).

Pronunciation

Numeral

witCategory:Louisiana Creole lemmas#WITCategory:Louisiana Creole numerals#WITCategory:Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. Category:Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers#WITeight

Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : wit
    Ordinal : witiem

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Mauritian Creole terms derived from French#WIT huit.

Numeral

witCategory:Mauritian Creole lemmas#WITCategory:Mauritian Creole numerals#WITCategory:Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. Category:Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers#WITeight

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#WITCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#WIT wit, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwittaz. The long-vowel variant wijt is from Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#WITCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#WIT wīt, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *hwīt, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwītaz.

Adjective

witCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#WITCategory:Middle Dutch adjectives#WITCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. white
  2. clean
  3. pale (of skin)

Inflection

Adjective
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative indefinite wit witte wit witte
definite witte witte
accusative indefinite witten witte wit witte
definite witte
genitive indefinite wits witter wits witter
definite wits, witten wits, witten
dative witten witter witten witten

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

Category:dum:Colors#WIT

Middle English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#WIT witt, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *witi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *witją.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

witCategory:Middle English lemmas#WITCategory:Middle English nouns#WITCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT (plural wittes)

  1. mind, sanity
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#WIT wit (we two), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *wit, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *wet. Compare the first-person plural pronoun we.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

wit (accusative unk, genitive unker, possessive determiner unker)Category:Middle English lemmas#WITCategory:Middle English pronouns#WITCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (Early Middle EnglishCategory:Early Middle English#WIT) First-person dual pronoun: we twain, the two of us.
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st person I, ich, ik memin
mi1
min
2nd person þou þeþin
þi1
þin
3rd person m hehim
hine2
himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo
hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2
his, hit
dual3 1st person wit unk unker
2nd person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd person inh. hehem
he2
hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
Category:Middle English personal pronouns
References

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from English#WIT with.

Preposition

witCategory:Nigerian Pidgin lemmas#WITCategory:Nigerian Pidgin prepositions#WITCategory:Nigerian Pidgin entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. with

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old FrisianCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#WITCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#WIT hwīt, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *hwīt, from Proto-GermanicCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwītaz. Cognates include West Frisian wyt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

witCategory:North Frisian lemmas#WITCategory:North Frisian adjectives#WITCategory:North Frisian entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. (MooringCategory:Mooring North Frisian#WIT, SyltCategory:Sylt North Frisian#WIT) white

Inflection

Inflection of wit (Mooring dialect)
  masculine feminine /
neuter
plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative/adverbial wit
attributive/independent witen wite wit wite
partitive wits
comparative
predicative/adverbial witer
attributive/independent witeren witere witer witere
partitive witers
superlative
predicative/adverbial am witsten
attributive/independent witste witst witste
Inflection of wit (Sylt dialect)
  singular plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative/adverbial wit
attributive
independent witen wit witen
partitive wits
comparative
predicative/adverbial witer
attributive
independent witeren witer witeren
partitive witers
superlative
predicative/adverbial am witsten
attributive witst
independent witst witsten
Category:frr:Colors#WIT

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WIT

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *hwīt, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *hwītaz.

Adjective

wītCategory:Old Dutch lemmas#WITCategory:Old Dutch adjectives#WITCategory:Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. Category:odt:Colors#WITwhite

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • wīt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *wit, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *wet, from a suffixed form of *wéy (see ). Cognate with North Frisian wat, Old Norse vit, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit), and Lithuanian vèdu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

witCategory:Old English lemmas#WITCategory:Old English pronouns#WITCategory:Old English personal pronouns#WITCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. we two
    Wit beǣwnodon ġiestrandæġ.
    We wed yesterday.
    Category:Old English terms with usage examples#WIT

Declension

Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person , mec mīn
second person þū þē, þecþē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hine
feminine hēo hīe hire
dual first person wit unc, uncitunc uncer
second person ġit inc, incitinc incer
plural first person ūs, ūsiċūs ūre, ūser
second person ġē ēow, ēowiċēow ēower
third person hīe him heora

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Spelling variant of uit

Numeral

witCategory:Old French lemmas#WITCategory:Old French numerals#WITCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

  1. eight
Category:Old French cardinal numbers#WIT

Old High German

Etymology

    Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-#WITCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WITCategory:Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#WITCategory:Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁#WITCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#WIT

    From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *wīdaz, whence also Old Saxon wīt, Old English wīd and Old Norse víðr.

    Adjective

    wītCategory:Old High German lemmas#WITCategory:Old High German adjectives#WITCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. wide

    Descendants

    Old Javanese

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#WITCategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#WIT *bit

    Noun

    witCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WITCategory:Old Javanese nouns#WITCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. base
    2. origin
    3. beginning

    Verb

    witCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WITCategory:Old Javanese verbs#WITCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. to arise
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Probably from Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#WIT *rwiʔ (fig tree). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Javanese entries#WIT

    Noun

    witCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WITCategory:Old Javanese nouns#WITCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. tree
    2. stem
    3. base, foundation
    4. origin, cause
    Alternative forms
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 3

    Probably related to Temiar wek (to go, to leave, to depart). Compare Indonesian pamit (to ask for leaving).

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Collapse all three to one etymology? Cf. Proto-Malayic *puhun, which has an almost identical semantic range ("stem, tree, origin, to beg"), as reflected in Minangkabau puhun (origin, west/east (cf. Javanese wétan), to beg), Indonesian mohon (to beg), Betawi puun (tree) etc. See Adelaar 1992, p. 48.”
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    Verb

    witCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#WITCategory:Old Javanese verbs#WITCategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. to leave
    Alternative forms
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • "wit" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

    Old Saxon

    Etymology

    From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WITCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WIT *wit, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *wet. Accusative from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WITCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIT *unk, dative from *unkiz.

    Pronoun

    witCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#WITCategory:Old Saxon pronouns#WITCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. we two; nominative dual of ik

    Declension

    Old Saxon personal pronouns
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    singular 1st person ik , me, mik mīn
    2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
    3rd
    person
    m ina imu is
    f siu sia iru ira
    n it it is
    dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
    2nd person git ink inker, inka
    plural 1st person , we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
    2nd person , ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
    3rd
    person
    m sia im iro
    f sia
    n siu

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    From wis, a play on was.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    wit (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜆ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#WITCategory:Tagalog pronouns#WITCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#WITCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#WITCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT (gay slangCategory:Tagalog gay slang#WIT)

    1. alternative form of was

    Derived terms

    Tok Pisin

    Etymology

    From EnglishCategory:Tok Pisin terms derived from English#WIT wheat.

    Noun

    witCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#WITCategory:Tok Pisin nouns#WITCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#WITCategory:Pages with entries#WITCategory:Pages with 22 entries#WIT

    1. wheat
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