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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Weise

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Weise
Friedrich Kluge2508509An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — Weise1891John Francis Davis

Weise, f., ‘manner, mode, way,’ from MidHG. wîse, OHG. wîsa, f., ‘method’; corresponding to the equiv. AS. wîse, E. wise, Du. wijze, OSax. wîsa. From this West Teut. word (in OIc. vísa) the equiv. Rom. cognates, Ital. guisa, Fr. guise, are derived. Teut. wîsô-n- seems, like weise, to be derived from the Teut. root wī̆t, ‘to know’; hence Weise, lit. ‘knowledge’?. See Art. — The suffix -weise (e.g., in teilweise) has been developed in ModHG. in connection with MidHG. phrases, such as in rëgenes wîs, ‘like rain.’