Where does “vesen” come from?

vesen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Low German wesen, from Middle Low German wēsen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

vesen (Norwegian Bokmål): a being, creature; nature, disposition; board,...

Definitions

  1. a being, creature; nature, disposition; board,...

Ancestry of “vesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanwesenTo be, to exist
2Middle Low Germanwēsento be
3Old Saxonwesanto be
4Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “vesen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wesaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wesan →