wis
Old English
adj
Definitions
- wise
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (wise, sense) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (knowledgeable).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weydstos
Gloss
knowledgeable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *weydstos Proto-Indo-European
- vis Norwegian Bokmål
- viss Norwegian Bokmål
- *wīsaz Proto-Germanic
- vis Swedish
- vis Norwegian Nynorsk
- viss Norwegian Nynorsk
- wīs Old English
- Alvíss Old Norse
- vísleikr Old Norse
- víss Old Norse
- úvíss Old Norse
- vís Icelandic
- wis Old High German
- wisheit Old High German
- wīs Old High German
- wīsa Old High German
- wīsi Old High German
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- wis Old Dutch
- wīs Old Dutch
- *viisas Proto-Finnic
- wis Old Saxon
- wīs Old Saxon
- wiis Western Frisian
- *ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ Proto-Norse