witnes

Old English

Etymology

From witt (knowledge, wisdom) +โ€Ž -nes (-ness), akin to Old Norse vitni (whence the Danish vidne and Norwegian Bokmรฅl vitne) and Gothic ๐…๐Œด๐Œน๐„๐…๐‰๐Œธ๐ƒ (weitwลรพs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /หˆwit.nes/

Noun

witnes f

  1. witness
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