iwis

iwis · adverb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weyd-“to know”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gawissaz“known, certain, sure”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gawiss
4. Old English · inherited fromġewiss“certain, sure”
5. Middle English · inherited fromiwis, iwys, ywis“certain, sure”
6. English todayiwis

From Middle English iwis, iwys, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawiss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.

iwis · noun²

Plural formed with the suffix -s.

Words from the same roots