Where does “wīs” come from?

wīs (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic wīsō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “wīs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīsōway, method, etc
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “wīs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsō →