Words that come from Proto-Germanic wīsaz

281 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wīsaz — including wisdom, wise, wiser, wis, wiss, wisecrack, wiseass, worldlywise.

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German (99)

English (30)

Finnish (25)

Swedish (16)

Norwegian Bokmål (16)

Dutch (14)

Danish (12)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Old English (10)

Luxembourgish (6)

Yiddish (4)

Old High German (4)

Middle English (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

German Low German (1)

Icelandic (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Proto-Norse (1)