Weissager

Significat (Anglès)

soothsayer, seer, prophet (male or of unspecified gender)

Conceptes

àugur

Sinònims

Wahrsager

Seher

Hellseher

Prophet

Augur

Weissagerin

Hellseherin

Wahrsagerin

Seherin

Visionär

Orakelbefrager

Vorhersager

Prophetin

Prophezeier

Visionärin

Traduccions

voyant

seer

indovino

prophet

fatidica

adivinho

vidente

chiaroveggente

μάντις

voyante

veggente

clairvoyant

diviner

adivino

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany antic: wīzzago

Cognat amb alemany: Wissen

Cognat amb anglès: wit

In summary

In its modern form a compound of weise + Sager (“wise-sayer”). However, this is a secondary motivation of Old High German wīzzago, which is remotely related only to the former of the two components mentioned, pertaining more closely to German Wissen (“knowledge”) and thus English wit. Already in Old High German this ancient noun began to be re-interpreted as wīssago, i.e. in the modern sense.