[gothic-l] Digest Number 829

[Ingemar Nordgren]

Hi Dirk,

It does indeed. It also seems related to Swedish/Scandinavian languages
'väsende, väsen' meaning 'a being'- often a ghostly one, spirit et c.
Even German has 'das Wesen' for the same.

Best
Ingemar

> Hi Ingemar,
>
>
> this Gothic word 'wisan' for 'be' seems related to Low Saxon 'wees,
> wesen', which also means 'be'.
>
>
> cheers
> Dirk








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