u̯ek-ti-

    u̯ek-ti-

    English meaning: thing

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sache, Ding”

    Note: (u̯ekʷ-ti-?)

    Material: Goth. waíhts f. “thing”, O.Ice. véttr, vǣ (t)r, vitr f. “ living being, ũbermenschliches creature, thing”, O.E. wiht f. “thing, entity, demon”, O.S. wikt, M.L.G. wicht “entity, creature”, O.H.G. wiht “ living being, demon, thing”, Ger. Wicht; Goth. ni-waíht “nichts”, O.E. ná-wiht (Eng. naught, not) O.H.G. niwiht and neowiht “not, nichts”; O.C.S. veštь f. “thing, thing”; compare wRuss. rečь “thing”: Russ. réčь “ discourse, word”.

    References: WP. I 246, Vasmer 1, 196;

    See also: perhaps to u̯ekʷ- ‘speak”.