vitni
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
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