different between wiss vs wisse

English

Alternative forms

• wis

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of wis, taken from the incorrect division of iwis (“sure(ly), certain(ly)”) from Middle English iwis, ywis (“sure(ly), certain(ly)”), from Old English ?ewis (“certain, positive, sure”)) as "I wis", which was mistaken for a verb. Perhaps from (certainly akin to) Old English witan (“to know”). See wit.

Verb

wiss (third-person singular simple present wisses, present participle wissing, simple past and past participle wissed)

1. (archaic) To know; to understand.
   • 1652, Elias Ashmole, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum:

     Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse.

   • 1874, Dodsley et al., A Select Collection of Old English Plays:

     And though that the water be gross and heavy, yet nothing so gross as the earth, I wiss; therefore by heat it is vapoured up lightly, and in the air maketh clouds and mists.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• wiiss, wéiss

Etymology

From Old High German w?z, from Proto-West Germanic *hw?t, from Proto-Germanic *hw?taz. Cognate with German weiß, Dutch wit, English white, Icelandic hvítur.

Adjective

wiss

1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti, Formazza) white

References

• “wiss” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

English

Etymology

From Middle English wissen (“to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide, direct, control, manage, rule”), from Old English wissian (“to direct, instruct, guide, direct, rule; show, point out; declare, make known”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?s/

Verb

wisse (third-person singular simple present wisses, present participle wissing, simple past and past participle wissed)

1. (archaic) To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.

   • Or we depart I shal thee so wel wisse
     That of min hous ne shalt thou never misse

   • 1475, [unknown translator], Sidrak and Bokkus, translation of Livre de la fontaine de toutes sciences

     Shullen men chastice wymmen and wisse / Wiþ betyng whan þei done amisse?

References

Anagrams

• Weiss, swies, wises

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?/
• Hyphenation: wis?se
• Rhymes: -?s?

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wisse, from Old Dutch *withtha, from Proto-Germanic *wiþj?. The development *-þj- > -ss- is also found in smidse (from earlier smisse); original *-þþ- becomes -tt- in lat, mot.

Noun

wisse f (plural wissen)

1. cubic metre (mainly when used for firewood)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

wisse

1. Inflected form of wis

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

wisse

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wissen

German

Verb

wisse

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive I of wissen

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vis?/

Verb

wisse

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wissung (“showing, instruction, guidance, direction; rule, regulation, government”).

Noun

wisse

1. A guide, set of instructions, rule, regulation.

   Her biginneð ancrene wisse. & Ancrene Wisse, c1230

Related terms

• wissen

References

• Middle English Dictionary

Old English

Verb

wisse

1. Alternative form of wiste