hwit

== Old Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. === Adjective === hwit white ==== Descendants ==== Danish: hvid === See also === == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xwiːt/, [ʍiːt] Rhymes: -iːt === Adjective === hwīt (comparative hwītra, superlative hwīttost) white The Old English rune poem late 9th century, Old English Martyrology ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whit, hwit, white, whyte, whitt, whytt, whyt, whiȝt, qwyght, ȝwijt, wyghte, whiyt, whijtEnglish: white (see there for further descendants)Scots: quhite, fyte, fite, whyte, whiteYola: whit ==== See also ==== == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Cognate with Old Dutch wīt, Old English hwīt, Old Frisian hwīt / wīt and Old High German wīz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xwiːt/ Hyphenation: hwit === Adjective === hwīt (comparative hwītoro, superlative hwītost) white Heliand, verse 590 shining ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: wit Low German: witt German Low German: witt Plautdietsch: witt === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 5th edition