vitni
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).
Noun[edit]
vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, plural vitni(r))
Declension[edit]
n24 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vitni | vitnið | vitni(r) | vitnini |
Accusative | vitni | vitnið | vitni(r) | vitnini |
Dative | vitni | vitn(i)num | vitnum | vitnunum |
Genitive | vitnis | vitnisins | vitna | vitnanna |
Derived terms[edit]
- vitnisábyrgd (be on oath)
- vitnisberi (attestator)
- vitnisburður (evidence, testimony)
- vitnisfastur (proved by evidence)
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, nominative plural vitni)
Declension[edit]
declension of vitni
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, root meaning "to see". Therefore the semantic evolution is "one who has seen" > "witness". Related to vita, vit.
Noun[edit]
vitni n (genitive vitnis)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vitni (strong ija-stem)
Related terms[edit]
- vitna (“to witness, testify”)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: vitni
- Faroese: vitni
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne
- Norwegian Bokmål: vitne
- Old Swedish: vitne
- Swedish: vittne
- Danish: vidne
References[edit]
- “vitni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
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- Faroese neuter nouns
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪhtnɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪhtnɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter ija-stem nouns