wisen

From wise +‎ -en.

wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser.
   • 2016, Danny Barker, Alyn Shipton, A Life in Jazz, page 92:

     Joe laughed, saying, “Boy, I got to talk to you and wisen you up. […] ”

Usually followed by up: "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal.

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines

From Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzən/

wisen

1. to point out, to indicate
2. to lead
3. to teach
4. to assign
5. to determine

• Dutch: wijzen
• Limburgish: wieze

• “wisen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Proto-West Germanic *wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną (“to make wise”).

wīsen

1. to indicate, show
2. to lead, bring
3. to call
4. to invite

• Middle High German: wīsen
  • German: weisen
  • Luxembourgish: weisen
  • Yiddish: ווײַזן (vayzn)