ਵਿਸੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós. Doublet of ਬਿਖੁ (bikhu).

Noun

ਵਿਸੁ (visu) m (Shahmukhi وِسُ)

1. poison

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਿੱਸ (vissa), ਵਿਹੁ (vihu)

  Shahmukhi script: وِسّ (viss), وِہُ (vihu)

References

• “ਵਿਸੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਵਿਸੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 271