*wīsaz

Runic: ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwiː.sɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

wise, knowledgeable

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd-so-s (‘knowledgeable’), from *weyd- (‘to know’).

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wīsaz	wīsō	wīsą, -atō	wīsai	wīsôz	wīsō
Acc.	wīsanǭ	wīsǭ	wīsą, -atō	wīsanz	wīsōz	wīsō
Gen.	wīsas, -is	wīsaizōz	wīsas, -is	wīsaizǫ̂	wīsaizǫ̂	wīsaizǫ̂
Dat.	wīsammai	wīsaizōi	wīsammai	wīsaimaz	wīsaimaz	wīsaimaz
Inst.	wīsanō	wīsaizō	wīsanō	wīsaimiz	wīsaimiz	wīsaimiz

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wīsô	wīsǭ	wīsô	wīsaniz	wīsōniz	wīsōnō
Acc.	wīsanų	wīsōnų	wīsô	wīsanunz	wīsōnunz	wīsōnō
Gen.	wīsiniz	wīsōniz	wīsiniz	wīsanǫ̂	wīsōnǫ̂	wīsanǫ̂
Dat.	wīsini	wīsōni	wīsini	wīsammaz	wīsōmaz	wīsammaz
Inst.	wīsinē	wīsōnē	wīsinē	wīsammiz	wīsōmiz	wīsammiz

wīs (Old English)
- wis, wys (Middle English)
  - wis, wise (Scots)
wīs (Old English)
- wis, wys (Middle English)
  - wise (English)
    - wizard (English)
wīs (Old Frisian)
- wies (Saterland Frisian)
- wys, wiis (West Frisian)
wīs (Old Saxon)
- wīs (Middle Low German)
  - weis (Plautdietsch)
wīs (Old Saxon)
- wīs (Middle Low German)
  - ? (Low German)
    - wies (German Low German)
    - ? (Westphalian)
wīs (Old Dutch)
- wijs (Middle Dutch)
  - wijs (Dutch)
    - wies (Negerhollands)
wīs (Old High German)
- wīsi (Old High German)
wīs (Old High German)
- wīse (Middle High German)
  - weise (German)
*ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ (*wīsaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- víss (Old Norse)
  - vis (Danish)
  - vísur (Faroese)
  - vís (Icelandic)
  - vis (Norwegian)
*ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ (*wīsaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- víss (Old Norse)
  - vīs (Old Swedish)
    - vis (Swedish)
*viisas (Proto-Finnic)
- viisas (Finnish)
*viisas (Proto-Finnic)
- *vijsēs (Proto-Samic)
  - viissis (Northern Sami)
  - vijsies (Southern Sami)
*𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*weis) (Gothic)