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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

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

Words derived from “wīz”

  • hours
  • hour
  • ours
  • hourly
  • whore
  • hoary
  • hoar
  • wor
  • hourglass
  • ourself
  • ourn
  • whoreson
  • whorish
  • hourlong
  • whoremonger
  • whenwe
  • hoariness
  • manwhore
  • whoremongering
  • multihour
  • whorishness
  • hourless
  • Unserdeutsch
  • hourglassing
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