From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm ("wisdom"), from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz ("wisdom"), corresponding to wise + -dom or wise + doom. Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom ("wisdom"), West Frisian wiisdom ("wisdom"), Dutch wijsdom ("wisdom"), German Weistum ("legal sentence"), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom, Icelandic vísdómur ("wisdom").
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