ווײַס
Yiddish
/vajs/
adj
Definitions
- white
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wīs inherited from Old High German wīz inherited from *hwīt inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (white).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwītaz
Gloss
white
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ḱweydós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos, ḱweydos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwītaz Proto-Germanic
- hwit Old English
- hwīt Old English
- hvítr Old Norse
- wiz Old High German
- wīsa Old High German
- wīz Old High German
- wīs Middle High German
- wīz Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- ווײַספֿיש Yiddish
- ווײַסרוסלאַנד Yiddish
- פֿיש Yiddish
- רוסלאַנד Yiddish
- *hwīt gmw-pro
- wīt Old Dutch
- baiz Cimbrian
- baizz Cimbrian
- hwit Old Saxon
- hwīt Old Saxon
- Wiis Alemannic German
- wiiss Alemannic German
- wiss Alemannic German
- wéiss Alemannic German
- hwīt Old Frisian
- wīt Old Frisian
- bais Mòcheno
- weiss Pennsylvania German
- wieß Central Franconian
- wajs Vilamovian
- bais Bavarian
- baiss Bavarian
- wichtgata Crimean Gothic