wizzen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

wiȥȥen (preterite-present, third-person singular present weiȥ, past tense wisse or wesse or wiste or weste, past participle gewist or gewest, auxiliary hân)

  1. to know

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: wüsse
  • Cimbrian: bizzan
  • Central Franconian: wesse, wösse, wosse
    Hunsrik: wisse
    Luxembourgish: wëssen
  • German: wissen
  • Vilamovian: wysa
  • Yiddish: וויסן (visn)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wizzen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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