noun
Origin: altered by folk etym. < MDu wijssegger, altered (infl. by wijs, wise + zeggen, to say) < OHG wissago, altered (infl. by wis, wise + sago, speaker < sagen, to say) < wizzago, prophet < Gmc *witag-, knowing: for IE base see wise
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Alteration by folk etymology from Middle Dutch wijsseggher, soothsayer
Origin: , translation of Middle High German wīssage
Origin: , from Old High German wīssago, seer
Origin: , alteration (influenced by forasago, sayer beforehand, prophet)
Origin: of wīzago
Origin: , from wīzag, knowledgeable; see weid- in Indo-European roots
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