vís
Icelandic
/viːs/
adj
Definitions
- wise, knowledgeable
- certain, not to be doubted
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse víss (wise) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (wise, sense).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wīsaz
Gloss
wise, sense
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
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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
- wis Old English
- wīs Old English
- Alvíss Old Norse
- vísdómr Old Norse
- vísleikr Old Norse
- víss Old Norse
- úvíss Old Norse
- vísdómstönn Icelandic
- vísdómur Icelandic
- 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