gewis

Anlam (İngilizce)

Adj

certain, sure

Adv

certainly, surely

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ge‧wis

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/ɣəˈʋɪs/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From Middle Dutch gewis, gewes (“certain, sure”), from Old Dutch *gewis (“certain, sure”) and gewisso (“certainly, surely”), both from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).
Cognate with English wis (“certain, sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”).