vitni

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (witness).

Noun

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vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, plural vitni(r))

  1. witness, eye-witness
  2. evidence

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (witness).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, nominative plural vitni)

  1. witness

Declension

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    Declension of vitni
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitni vitnið vitni vitnin
accusative vitni vitnið vitni vitnin
dative vitni vitninu vitnum vitnunum
genitive vitnis vitnisins vitna vitnanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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vitni n (genitive vitnis)

  1. witness, testimony
  2. evidence

Declension

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  • vitna (to witness, testify)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vitni
  • Faroese: vitni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vitne
  • Old Swedish: vitne
  • Danish: vidne

References

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  • vitni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press