Where does “ווײַזן” come from?
ווײַזן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ווײַזן (Yiddish): show, point out
Definitions
- show, point out
Ancestry of “ווײַזן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 2 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |