Where does “wīse” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wīse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīsōway, method, etc
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsō →
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