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Where does “wismāt” come from?

wismāt (Middle High German) comes from Latin bisemutum, from Arabic بِسِيمُوتِيُّون, from Ancient Greek ψιμύθιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “wismāt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbisemutumbismuth
2Arabicبِسِيمُوتِيُّون—
3Ancient Greekψιμύθιον—
4Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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