Where does “wish” come from?

Wish comes from Middle English wischen, from Old English wȳsċan, from Proto-West Germanic wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic wunskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wun- with the suffix -yeti.

wish (English): A desire, hope, or longing for something or for...

Definitions

  1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for...

Ancestry of “wish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
2Old Englishfisċfish
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-

Words derived from “wish

Every word from Indo-European *peysk-
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