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weiso

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *waiso, thought to be either a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”) or from the same origin as Latin vītō (“to avoid”), itself possibly from *h₁weydʰh₁-.[1]

Noun

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weiso m

  1. orphan

Declension

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Declension of weiso (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative weiso weison, weisun
accusative weison, weisun weison, weisun
genitive weisen, weisin weisōno
dative weisen, weisin weisōm, weisōn

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: weise

References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Waise”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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