unwis

Old English

adj

Definitions

unwise, foolish, stupid, dumb
ignorant
mad, insane

Etymology

Affix from Old English wīs (wise).

Origin

Old English

wīs

Gloss

wise

Concept

Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Property

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*weyd- Proto-Indo-European
*wīsaz Proto-Germanic
andwis Old English
medwis Old English
stæfwis Old English
wisdom Old English
wislice Old English
wisnes Old English
wīs Old English
wis Middle English
wys Middle English
víss Old Norse
úvíss Old Norse