wekti-

wekti-
Thing, creature.
a. whit, wight1; aught2, naught, not, from Old English wiht, person, thing;
b. nix2, from Old High German wiht, thing, being. Both a and b from Germanic *wihti-.
 
[Pokorny u̯ek-ti- 1136.]

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