Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwisprōną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *hwis- (“to hiss”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Latin quiritō (“scream, screech, shriek, squall”).
Verb edit
*hwisprōną
- to whistle, hiss, whisper
- Synonyms: *hwīskrōną, *hwisplōną
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hwisprōną (weak class 2)