Wiss
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Wiss (plural Wisses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wiss is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Wiss is most common among White (94.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wiss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German wisa, from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ (compare Dutch waas (“turf, sod”), Old Norse veisa (“slime, stagnant pool”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weis- (“to flow”).
Cognate with German Wiese. Related to Wues.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wiss f (plural Wisen)