Where does “viis” come from?
viis (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German wīs, from Proto-Germanic wīsō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
viis (Estonian): five; way, manner; mode
Ancestry of “viis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | wīs | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wīsō | way, method, etc |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “viis”