Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. witness, eye-witness
  2. evidence

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

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)

  1. witness

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)

  1. witness, testimony
  2. evidence

Declension edit

Related terms edit

  • vitna (to witness, testify)

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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