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Where does “vijs” come from?

vijs (Dutch) comes from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vijs (Dutch): screw

Definitions

  1. screw

Ancestry of “vijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisface; opinion
2Latinvīsus—
3Proto-Celticwissosknown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vijs”

  • vijzen
  • vies
  • fis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →