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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (knowledgeable), from *weyd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sɑz/

Adjective

*wīsaz

  1. wise, knowledgeable

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wīs, ƿis
  • Old Frisian: wīs
  • Old Saxon: wīs
    • Middle Low German: wīs
      • Low German:
        • German Low German: wies
        • Westphalian:
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: wuise, wuis
          Sauerländisch: weyse, wüse, wīse, wuise
          Westmünsterländisch: wiese
      • Plautdietsch: weis
  • Old Dutch: wīs
  • Old High German: wīs
  • Norse: [script needed] (*wīsaz)
    • Old Norse: víss
      • Icelandic: vís
      • Faroese: vísur
      • Norwegian: vis
      • Old Swedish: vīs
      • Danish: vis
    • Finnic: *viisas
      • Finnish: viisas
      • Samic: *vijsēs
        • Northern Sami: viissis
        • Southern Sami: vijsies
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