Where does “wīsa” come from?

wīsa (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European weydstos, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wīsa (Old High German): way, manner

Definitions

  1. way, manner

Ancestry of “wīsa”, step by step

wīsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wīsaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Germanic wīsą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīsą—

Words derived from “wīsa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →