wizzan
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *witaną, whence also Old Dutch, Old Saxon, and Old English witan, Old Norse vita, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“see”).
Verb
wizzan
- to know
Descendants
- Middle High German: wizzen
- Alemannic German: wüsse
- Central Franconian: wesse, wösse, wosse
- German: wissen
- Luxembourgish: wëssen
- Vilamovian: wysa
- Yiddish: וויסן (visn)