Where does “wys” come from?

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

wys (Middle English): wise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...

Definitions

  1. wise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...

Ancestry of “wys”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wys”

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