Proto-West Germanic

*hwīt

‘white’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *hwīt.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, most familiar first.

• white ← whit ← hwīt
• whiteness ← whitenesse ← hwītnes ← hwīt
• whitey ← white ← whit ← hwīt

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hwīt