Weissager

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

ziener

helderziende

Synoniemen

Wahrsager

Seher

Hellseher

Prophet

Augur

Weissagerin

Hellseherin

Wahrsagerin

Seherin

Visionär

Orakelbefrager

Vorhersager

Prophetin

Prophezeier

Visionärin

Vertalingen

voyant

indovino

seer

prophet

fatidica

adivinho

vidente

μάντις

chiaroveggente

diviner

veggente

voyante

clairvoyant

adivino

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Oudhoogduits: wīzzago

Verwant aan Duits: Wissen

Verwant aan Engels: 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.