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Wit ξεδνα, ἕδνον, ‘bridal presents made by the bridegroom,’ to which perhaps vedą (vesti) and the   fedaim, ‘to marry,’ are allied. There is, in any case, no connection between and the preceding word;  also.   , see.   ,, ‘wit, sense, understanding, repartee,’ from witze,  wizzî, , ‘knowing, understanding, prudence, wisdom’; an abstract of  (corresponding to  and  wit). Allied to ,, ‘witty, clever, brilliant,’ from witzec (g),  wizzîg, ‘intelligent, prudent.’  ,, ‘where,’ from and  wâ for older wâr, ‘where’;   hwâr,  waar,  hwœ̂r,  where, and the   hwar. A local from the old   hwa-, from Aryan ko-;   kárki, ‘when.’ See  and.  ,, ‘week,’ from the  woche,  wohha, usually with an earlier vowel wëhha, , a common  term based on a primary form, wikôn-. wikô, wika,  week,  wucu, wicu,  week, and the   vika,. The assumption that vices, ‘change,’ was adopted by the Teutons in the sense of ‘week’ is untenable, for were the notion ‘week’ borrowed from the Romans, it would have assumed a form corresponding to  settimana,  semaine ( sechtman), ‘week.’ The  origin of the word is supported by the fact that it is borrowed by  (as wiika), as well as by wîce,, ‘alternate service,’ the  variant of wĭcu, which makes it probable that  meant ‘change’. The assumption of a loan-word is, however, most strongly opposed by the genuine names of the days of the week, which prove the existence of a developed chronology in the pre-historic period.   ,, ‘distaff,’ only, from ; probably cognate with.   , (with  ô for â, as in, , , &c.), ‘wave, billow,’ from  wâc (g),  wâg, , ‘water in commotion, flood, billow, stream, river, sea’;   wâg,  wœ̂g,  wégs, ‘billow, flood.’ From  is derived  vague. wêgo-, wêgi-, from pre- wêgho-, wêghi-, is connected with the Aryan root wē̆gh, ‘to move’; hence, ‘motion, that which is moved.’  ,, ‘well, probably,’ from the  wol,  wola (earlier wëla),  from ; corresponding to  wē̆l,  wel,  wē̆l,  well,  waila. The primary meaning of this common  is ‘as one could wish,’ because it is derived from the root of. Aryan welo-, ‘wish, desire,’ is also indicated by vára,  and, ‘wish, desire,’ to which váram ã (or práti váram), ‘as one could wish, as one likes,’ is allied. ,, ‘cheap,’ from wol veile, wolveil, ‘easily purchasable’;. —  ,, ‘Mr.,’ from wolgeborn (also hôchgeborn), ‘distinguished.’ —  ,, ‘benefit, kindness, good deed,’ from the  woltât,  wolatât.  ,, ‘to dwell,’ from the  wonen,  wonên,  ; corresponding to  wunôn,  wonen,  wunian, ‘to dwell, be, remain.’ Beside these West  cognates there are those of ; the Aryan root wen, on which they are based, probably meant ‘to please,’ which is suggested by  wunan,  una, ‘to rejoice’; the ‘wonted thing’ is ‘that with which one is pleased’; ,  ‘to find pleasure anywhere.’ From the same Aryan root wen are derived  and  wini ( wine), ‘friend,’  Venus, ‘goddess of love,’ the  root van, ‘to be fond of, love,’  vánas, ‘delight.’  also  and. <section begin="wölben" /> ,, ‘to vault, arch,’ from and  węlben (from *walbian, hwalbjan),  , ‘to assume a curved shape, vault.’   bihwęlbian, ‘to arch over, cover,’  welven,  hvelfa, ‘to arch’; allied to  hwealf, ‘arched,’ and  hwilftri, ‘coffin’ ( ‘arch’). The verbal root hwelb, hwelf, from Aryan qelp (qelq?) is related to  κόλπος, ‘bosom’ ( ‘arch’); so too  kûrcá,  culcita, ‘pillow’?. <section end="wölben" /> <section begin="Wolf" /> ,, ‘wolf,’ from the  and  wolf, ; common to  and also to Aryan;   wulfs,  wulf,  wolf,  wulf,  wolf. wulfo-, from wulpo-, is based on Aryan wlqo-, wlko-;  vṛ́ka,  vlûkŭ. vilkas, λύκος,  lupus, ‘wolf.’ On account of this apparent similarity between  and the  words of the other Aryan languages,  vulpes, ‘fox,’ cannot be allied. The Aryan term wlko-<section end="Wolf" />