Etymology

wisht

W4I1S1H4T1

Today it means: Sickly, weak. Full definition →

English wish ← Middle English wischen ← Old English wȳsċan
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wisht · adjective1

Of obscure origin.

wisht · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wnh₁sḱéti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(ó)-os
  4. Proto-Germanic*wunskaz
  5. Proto-Germanic*wunskijaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wunskijan
  7. Old Englishwȳsċan
  8. Middle Englishwischen
  9. Englishwish
  10. English todaywisht

From wish + -t.

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