Where does “wiesczi” come from?

wiesczi (Kashubian) comes from Low German -wies, from Low German Wies, from Middle Low German wîs, from Old Saxon wīs, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wiesczi (Kashubian): rural

Definitions

  1. rural

Ancestry of “wiesczi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low German-wies-wise
2Low GermanWieswise
3Middle Low Germanwîs—
4Old Saxonwīswise
5Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →