wit

Προτάσεις
Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

witten

  1. to whiten, bleach
  2. to guise something illegal as legal, e.g. to launder (money)

Έννοιες

λευκός

άσπρος

άσπρο

λευκό

γκρίζος

λευκότητα

κοκαίνη

ασπράδα

’aspros

lef’kos

áspro

levkó

áspros

levkós

κοκαΐνη

χιόνι

γηραιός

Συχνότητα

B1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ʋɪt/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

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