Old English wlite

← Old English wlītan (mention)

← Old English wlātian (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *wlitiz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *wlituz (mention)

← Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *wel- (inherited)

← Old Norse litr (cognate)

← Old Frisian wlite (cognate)

← Old Saxon wliti (cognate)

→ English lit (cognate)

→ English litmus (cognate)

→ Old English wlitebeorht (affix)

→ Old English wlatian (mention)

→ Old English wliteleas (suffix)

→ Old Norse litr (cognate)