wiis

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North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-, cognate with Old English wesan, West Frisian wêze.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

wiis (present sen, 2nd singular best, 3rd singular es, past wiar, perfect wesen)

  1. (Sylt) to be

Sudovian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”). Compare Lithuanian vė́jas (“wind”), Latvian vẽjš (“wind”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

wiiſ

  1. (weather) storm

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 81: “wiiſ ‘audra, vėtra, l. burza’ 132.”
  2. ^ “vė́ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. wiiſ Sturm, Gewitter”.

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

wiis

  1. wise

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of wiis
uninflected wiis
inflected wize
comparative wizer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wiis wizer it wiist
it wiiste
indefinite c. sing. wize wizere wiiste
n. sing. wiis wizer wiiste
plural wize wizere wiiste
definite wize wizere wiiste
partitive wiis wizers —

Further reading[edit]

  • “wiis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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