Where does “sheafwise” come from?

sheafwise (English) comes from English wise, from Middle English wys, from Old English wīs, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

sheafwise (English): In sheaves or bundles

Definitions

  1. In sheaves or bundles

Ancestry of “sheafwise”, step by step

sheafwise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of...
2Middle Englishwyswise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...
3Old Englishwīswise
4Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via English sheaf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheafA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye,...
2Middle EnglishscheefA sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...
3Old Englishsċēafsheaf, bundle
4Proto-West Germanicskaubbundle, sheaf
5Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →
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