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Where does “wīsō” come from?

wīsō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

wīsō (Proto-Germanic): way, method, etc

Definitions

  1. way, method, etc

Ancestry of “wīsō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “wīsō”

  • guisa
  • guisar
  • guisado
  • visdom
  • visdomstand
  • naturligvis
  • bevis
  • bevisbyrde
  • vist
  • vismand
  • vis
  • -wise
  • wise
  • -wis
  • wīse
  • ?????
  • gisa
  • gisado
  • gisal
  • vís
  • wīs
  • wīse
  • wīsa
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