Proto-Germanic
*wītaną
‘to punish’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wītaną.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, most familiar first.
- guy ← guie ← *wītan
- guide ← guida ← guidar ← *wītan
- twit ← atwite ← atwiten ← ætwītan ← wītan
- wite ← wīten ← *wītan
- atwite ← atwiten ← ætwītan ← wītan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wītaną