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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwisnian—
2Proto-Germanicwisnon—

Words derived from “wisenen”

  • wizened
  • wizen
  • wizenedness
  • unwizened
Every word from Proto-Germanic wisnon →