Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtą (“thing, creature”) or *wihtiz (“essence, object”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Old High German wiht (“creature, thing”), Dutch wicht, German Wicht. Doublet of wight.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwiȝtenm
- Inherited-form mentionwihtang · wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything
- Inherited-form mention*wihtągem-pro · thing, creature
- Derivation mention*wekti-ine-pro · cause, sake, thing
- Cognate mentionwihtgoh · creature, thing
- Cognate mentionwichtnl
- Cognate mentionWichtde
- Doublet mentionwighten
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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