ਵਿੱਸੂ

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu)

Punjabi ਵਿੱਸੂ (vissū)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪs.suː/

Noun

ਵਿੱਸੂ • (vissū) f (Shahmukhi spelling وِسُّو)

1. Alternative form of ਵਿੱਸ (vissa, “poisoin”)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِسّو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz