Where does “vís” come from?
vís (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wīsō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
vís (Old Norse): wise, knowing
Ancestry of “vís”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | wīsō | way, method, etc |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |