Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-s-ós

‘knowledgeable’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós, most familiar first.

• wise ← wys ← wīs ← *wīsaz
• wisdom ← *wīsadōm ← *wīsadōmaz ← *wīsaz
• wisely ← wisliche ← wīslīċe ← wīs ← *wīsaz
• unwise ← unwis ← unwīs ← wīs ← *wīsaz
• unwisely ← vnwysely ← unwīslīċe ← wīslīċe ← wīs
• wisse ← wissen ← wisian ← *wīsōn ← *wīsōną
• unwisdom ← wīsdōm ← *wīsadōmaz ← *wīsaz
• wiseness ← wisnesse ← wīsnes ← wīs ← *wīsaz
• wiselike ← wiseli ← wīslīc ← wīs ← *wīsaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós