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

Definitions

  1. five; way, manner; mode

Ancestry of “viis”, step by step

viis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German wīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwīs—
2Proto-Germanicwīsōway, method, etc
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Finnic viici

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicviicifive
2Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten

Words derived from “viis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsō →Every word from Middle Low German wīs →