Weissager

Significado (Inglês)

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

Conceitos

adivinho

vidente

profeta

clarividente

vaticinador

agoureiro

Sinônimos

Wahrsager

Seher

Hellseher

Prophet

Augur

Weissagerin

Hellseherin

Wahrsagerin

Seherin

Visionär

Orakelbefrager

Vorhersager

Prophetin

Prophezeier

Visionärin

Traduções

voyant

indovino

seer

prophet

fatidica

adivino

μάντις

chiaroveggente

diviner

veggente

voyante

clairvoyant

devin

soothsayer

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯sˌzaːɡɐ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de alemão arcaico alto: wīzzago

Cognato com alemão: Wissen

Cognato com inglês: 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.