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Where does “wīsa” come from?
wīsa (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wīsǭ, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Ancestry of “wīsa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
wīsǭ
manner, way
2
Proto-Indo-European
weyd-
to see
Words derived from “wīsa”
wijs
wijsbegeerte
wijsgeer
wijsneus
wijsgerig
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