Where does “wisken” come from?

wisken (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wiskijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wisken (Old Dutch): to wipe away/out

Definitions

  1. to wipe away/out

Ancestry of “wisken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wisken”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →
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