Old Norse hvítr

← Old English hwīt (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (inherited)

← Old High German wīz (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (derived)

→ Danish hvid (derived)

→ Faroese hvítur (inherited)

→ Westrobothnian gwit (inherited)

→ Old Swedish hviter (inherited)

→ Old High German wiz (cognate)

→ Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 (cognate)

→ Icelandic hvítur (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål hvit (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk kvit (inherited)

→ Old Norse hvítleikr (suffix)

→ Norn hvid (derived)

→ Elfdalian wait (derived)

→ Swedish vit (inherited)