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Where does “wyspe” come from?

wyspe (Middle English) comes from Old English wisp.

wyspe (Middle English): A package, stick or pile of straw, a wisp; An...

Definitions

  1. A package, stick or pile of straw, a wisp; An...

Ancestry of “wyspe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwisp—

Words derived from “wyspe”

  • wisp
  • wispy
  • wispily
  • wispiness
  • wispish
  • wisplike
  • wispen
  • wisp
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