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North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-, cognate with Old English wesan, West Frisian wêze.
Pronunciation
Verb
wiis (present sen, 2nd singular best, 3rd singular es, past wiar, perfect wesen)
- (Sylt) to be
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”). Compare Lithuanian vė́jas (“wind”), Latvian vẽjš (“wind”).
Noun
wiiſ
- (weather) storm
See also
References
- ^ 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.”
- ^ “vė́ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sm. wiiſ Sturm, Gewitter”.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wiis
- wise
Inflection
Further reading
- “wiis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011