vid

vid

• From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayd-,
  • from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”);
    • figuratively "to know".
• Cognate with
  • Latin videō (“to see”),
  • Ancient Greek οἶδα (oîda, “to know”),
  • Belarusian ве́даць (vjédacʹ, “to know”),
  • Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”),
  • Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti, “to know, see”).
• Compare also
  • English wit,
  • Deutsch "Witz", weiß, wissen.
  • Bulgarian ви́дя (vídja, “to see”),
  • Russian ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋid/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋid̪/

Root

विद् • (vid)

1. to know
2. to find
3. to consider as, take for

Usage notes

Sometimes separated into two roots, "to know" and "to find". Forms (originally) from the root "to find" are विन्दति (vindáti), अविदत् (ávidat), विवेद(vivéda), वित्त (vittá), वित्त्वा (vittvā́), among others.