Where does “uviss” come from?

uviss (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk viss, from Middle Low German wes, from Old Saxon hwes, from Proto-Germanic hwes, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

uviss (Norwegian Nynorsk): uncertain

Definitions

  1. uncertain

Ancestry of “uviss”, step by step

uviss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk viss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvisscertain; if
2Middle Low Germanweswhose, of whom; whose, of what
3Old Saxonhwes—
4Proto-Germanichwes—
5Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
6Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

via Norwegian Nynorsk U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskU—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →