Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hvæsa.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hvæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvæsti, supine hvæst)

  1. to hiss

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

hvæsa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hvæs

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, breath, blow, essence).

Verb edit

hvæsa

  1. to hiss

Descendants edit

  • Danish: hvæse
  • Faroese: hvæsa
  • Icelandic: hvæsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvese
  • Swedish: väsa (older hväsa)
  • Middle English: whesen (possibly)