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)

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