wys
Middle English
/wiːs/
adj
Definitions
- wise, thoughtful, proper
- knowledgeable
- alert, aware
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wīs (wise) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (wise, sense).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wīsaz
Gloss
wise, sense
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
- wisdom English
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *weydstos Proto-Indo-European
- *wīsaz Proto-Germanic
- andwis Old English
- medwis Old English
- stæfwis Old English
- unwis Old English
- wis Old English
- wisdom Old English
- wislice Old English
- wisnes Old English
- wīs Old English
- wīsdom Old English
- wīsdōm Old English
- wis Middle English
- wisdom Middle English
- Alvíss Old Norse
- víss Old Norse
- wis 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