Where does “wizened” come from?

Wizened derives from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, from Proto-Germanic wisnōjan, which traces back through Proto-Germanic wesaną and Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, h₁ésti, and h₁es-.

wizened (English): simple past tense and past participle of wizen;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of wizen;...

Ancestry of “wizened”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wizened”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wisnon →Every word from Old English wisnian →Every word from Middle English wisenen →