Where does “wīse” come from?

wīse (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wīsō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wīse (Old English): manner, way, fashion; wise, manner, direction;...

Definitions

  1. manner, way, fashion; wise, manner, direction;...

Ancestry of “wīse”, step by step

wīse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wīsō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīsōway, method, etc
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-West Germanic waiso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwaisoorphan
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate

Words derived from “wīse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsō →