wiis

See also: -wiis and Wiis

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːs/

Verb

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

1. (Sylt) to be

Sudovian

Etymology

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

Noun

wiiſ

1. (weather) storm
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 132, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     burza — wiiſ

     burza — storm

See also

• winta (“wind”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːs/

Adjective

wiis

1. wise

Inflection

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

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