Where does “wischen” come from?

wischen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *wiskian, from Proto-Germanic wiskijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “wischen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*wiskian—
2Proto-Germanicwiskijanąto sweep; to sweep away, to clean; to erase
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “wischen”

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