Where does “visse” come from?

visse (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.

visse (Norwegian Nynorsk): certainty; to assure; inflection of viss: ##...

Definitions

  1. certainty; to assure; inflection of viss: ##...

Ancestry of “visse”, step by step

visse 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 Old Norse vissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevissacertain knowledge, certainty
2Proto-Germanicwissazpast participle of *witaną; known
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “visse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaz →