visdom
Danish
/viːsdɔm/
noun
Definitions
- wisdom
Etymology
Suffix from Danish vis (sure, wise, -wise, custom) derived from Old Norse vísdómr (wisdom) derived from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (wisdom).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wīsadōmaz
Gloss
wisdom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- visdom Norwegian Bokmål
- *wīsadōmaz Proto-Germanic
- visdom Swedish
- visdom Norwegian Nynorsk
- wisdom Old English
- wīsdōm Old English
- vís Old Norse
- vísdómr Old Norse
- bevis Danish
- kvartalsvis Danish
- naturligvis Danish
- tand Danish
- vis Danish
- visdomstand Danish
- vismand Danish
- vísdómur Icelandic