Where does “wīz” come from?

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

wīz (Proto-Germanic): we

Definitions

  1. we

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 →