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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīsaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable”), from *weyd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sɑz/
Adjective
*wīsaz
- wise, knowledgeable
Inflection
Declension of *wīsaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wīsaz | *wīsai | *wīsō | *wīsôz | *wīsą, -atō | *wīsō |
| Accusative | *wīsanǭ | *wīsanz | *wīsǭ | *wīsōz | *wīsą, -atō | *wīsō |
| Genitive | *wīsas, -is | *wīsaizǫ̂ | *wīsaizōz | *wīsaizǫ̂ | *wīsas, -is | *wīsaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wīsammai | *wīsaimaz | *wīsaizōi | *wīsaimaz | *wīsammai | *wīsaimaz |
| Instrumental | *wīsanō | *wīsaimiz | *wīsaizō | *wīsaimiz | *wīsanō | *wīsaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wīsô | *wīsaniz | *wīsǭ | *wīsōniz | *wīsô | *wīsōnō |
| Accusative | *wīsanų | *wīsanunz | *wīsōnų | *wīsōnunz | *wīsô | *wīsōnō |
| Genitive | *wīsiniz | *wīsanǫ̂ | *wīsōniz | *wīsōnǫ̂ | *wīsiniz | *wīsanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wīsini | *wīsammaz | *wīsōni | *wīsōmaz | *wīsini | *wīsammaz |
| Instrumental | *wīsinē | *wīsammiz | *wīsōnē | *wīsōmiz | *wīsinē | *wīsammiz |
Derived terms
- *unwīsaz
- *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”)
Descendants
- Old English: wīs, ƿis
- Middle English: wis, wys
- Scots: wis, wise
- English: wise
- ⇒ English: wizard
- Middle English: wis, wys
- Old Frisian: wīs
- Saterland Frisian: wies
- Old Frisian: wys, wiis
- Old Saxon: wīs
- Middle Low German: wīs
- Low German:
- German Low German: wies
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: wuise, wuis
- Sauerländisch: weyse, wüse, wīse, wuise
- Westmünsterländisch: wiese
- Plautdietsch: weis
- Low German:
- Middle Low German: wīs
- Old Dutch: wīs
- Middle Dutch: wijs
- Old High German: wīs
- Middle High German: wīse
- German: weise
- ⇒ Old High German: wīsi
- Middle High German: wīse
- Norse: [script needed] (*wīsaz)
- Old Norse: víss
- Icelandic: vís
- Faroese: vísur
- Norwegian: vis
- Old Swedish: vīs
- Swedish: vis
- Danish: vis
- → Finnic: *viisas
- Finnish: viisas
- → Samic: *vijsēs
- Northern Sami: viissis
- Southern Sami: vijsies
- Old Norse: víss