Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryMade up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water. · Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water. · Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce. · Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).
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- Root classification mention*wed-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwetenm
- Derivation mentionwetenenm
- Derivation mentionwǣtanang
- Derivation mention*wātijangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*wētijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*wed-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionweitsco
- Cognate mentionwäitjestq
- Cognate mentionvætais
- Cognate mentionweetenm
- Cognate mentionwǣtang
- Cognate mention*wātgmw-pro
- Cognate mention*wētazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionwiatfrr
- Cognate mentionwäitstq
- Cognate mentionwietfy
- Cognate mentionwetdum · wet, damp, watery
- Cognate mentionvåtno
- Cognate mentionvådda
- Cognate mentionváturfo
- Cognate mentionvoturis
This page abbreviates 14 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.",
"Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.",
"Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed."
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