Where does “to wisse” come from?
to wisse (English) comes from English wisse, from Middle English wissen, from Old English wisian, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
to wisse (English): For certain; most assuredly
Definitions
- For certain; most assuredly
Ancestry of “to wisse”, step by step
to wisse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wisse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wisse | To show, teach, inform, guide, direct |
| 2 | Middle English | wissen | to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide,... |
| 3 | Old English | wisian | to show the way, guide, point out |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English to
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | to | A particle used for marking the following verb as... |
| 2 | Middle English | to | toe; to; too |
| 3 | Middle English | tone | the one |
| 4 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |