Where does “wîs” come from?

wîs (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon wīs, from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “wîs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wîs”

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