vis
Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- wise
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse víss (wise) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (wise, sense) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (knowledgeable).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weydstos
Gloss
knowledgeable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwise English
- airwise English
- cop-wise English
- copwise English
- firewise English
- nowise English
- overwise English
- penny-wise English
- pennywise English
- righteous English
- unwise English
- way-wise English
- wisdom English
- wise English
- wise-hearted English
- wiseass English
- wisecrack English
- wisehead English
- wisehood English
- wiselike English
- wiseling English
- wisely English
- wisen English
- wiseness English
- wizard English
- workwise English
- worldlywise English
- worldwise English
- epäviisas Finnish
- jälkiviisas Finnish
- katuviisas Finnish
- kirjaviisas Finnish
- rikkiviisas Finnish
- salaviisas Finnish
- tietoviisas Finnish
- valtioviisas Finnish
- viisaasti Finnish
- viisari Finnish
- viisas Finnish
- viisastaa Finnish
- viisaus Finnish
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *weydstos Proto-Indo-European
- vis Norwegian Bokmål
- viss Norwegian Bokmål
- *wīsaz Proto-Germanic
- *wīsō Proto-Germanic
- visare Swedish
- visdom Swedish
- visdomstand Swedish
- vis Norwegian Nynorsk
- viss Norwegian Nynorsk
- wis Old English
- wise Old English
- wīs Old English
- wis Middle English
- Alvíss Old Norse
- vís Old Norse
- vísdómr Old Norse
- vísleikr Old Norse
- víss Old Norse
- úvíss Old Norse
- bevis Danish
- kvartalsvis Danish
- naturligvis Danish
- vis Danish
- visdom Danish
- vismand Danish
- vís Icelandic
- wis Old High German
- wīsa Old High German
- wīsi Old High German
- wīse Middle High German
- Schreifweis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Weis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- wis Old Dutch
- wīs Old Dutch
- *viisas Proto-Finnic
- wis Old Saxon
- wīs Old Saxon
- wiis Western Frisian
- *ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ Proto-Norse