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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *weydtos (knowledgeable), from *weyd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sɑz/

Adjective

*wīsaz

  1. wise, knowledgeable

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wīs
    • Middle English: wis, wys
  • 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
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ (*wīsaʀ)
  • Proto-Finnic: *viisas
    • Finnish: viisas
    • Proto-Samic: *vijsēs
      • Northern Sami: viissis
      • Southern Sami: vijsies
  • Gothic: *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*weis)
  • Vandalic: *wīsa- (in personal names)
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