Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*wītaną
7 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, most common first.
- guideSomeone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- guyAn effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- witSanity.
- twitTo blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- witeTo regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
- wistTo know, be aware of.
- atwiteTo blame or reproach (someone); to twit.