wit English · revision 13534

− It is [[inh|ang|witt]], more often gewit, understanding, intellect, knowledge (about 725, in Beowulf),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*witją]],^(Barnhart 1988) cognate with Old Saxon wit, German Witz, joke, and Old Norse vit, knowledge.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) It is related to Old English witan, to know (see [[wise]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)^(Cresswell 2021) which goes back to an Indo-European root meaning to see, hence to know, also in Latin vidēre and Greek eidénai.^(Barnhart 1988)