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Where does “wisenen” come from?
wisenen (Middle English) comes from Old English wisnian, from Proto-Germanic wisnon.
Ancestry of “wisenen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
wisnian
to dry up, wither
2
Proto-Germanic
wisnon
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Words derived from “wisenen”
wizened
weazened
wizen
wizenedness
unwizened
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