Where does “*wīz” come from?

*wīz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “*wīz”, step by step

*wīz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wéy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Indo-European wéy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwéy-—

Words derived from “*wīz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →