Where does “wijs” come from?

wijs (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wīs, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wijs (Middle Dutch): wise

Definitions

  1. wise

Ancestry of “wijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwīswise
2Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “wijs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →