Where does “wizen” come from?

wizen (English) comes from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, from Proto-Germanic wisnon.

wizen (English): Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage...

Definitions

  1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage...

Ancestry of “wizen”, step by step

wizen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English wisenen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwisenen—
2Old Englishwisnianto dry up, wither
3Proto-Germanicwisnon—

via Arabic وَزَنَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَزَنَto weigh
Every word from Proto-Germanic wisnon →Every word from Old English wisnian →Every word from Middle English wisenen →