Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*weyd-
16 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, most common first.
- historyThe aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- guideSomeone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- ideaAn abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- waitTo delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- wiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- prudenceThe quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
- guiseA customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
- witterTo speak at length on a trivial subject.
- twitTo blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
- purveyorOne who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
- witeTo regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
- wistTo know, be aware of.
- wisseTo show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
- atwiteTo blame or reproach (someone); to twit.
- iwisCertainly, surely, indeed.
- unwisdomLack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness.