Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wiskō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wisgéh₂ (cf. the feminine ō-stem variant *wiskō), from the root *weys-. Cognate with Latin virga (“twig, shoot, rod”).

Noun

*wiskaz m

1. bundle of hay/straw, wisp

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wiskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wiskaz	*wiskōz, *wiskōs
vocative	*wisk	*wiskōz, *wiskōs
accusative	*wiską	*wiskanz
genitive	*wiskas, *wiskis	*wiskǫ̂
dative	*wiskai	*wiskamaz
instrumental	*wiskō	*wiskamiz

Derived terms

• *wiskijaną

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *wisk
  • Middle Dutch: wisch
    • Dutch: wis
• Old High German: wisk
  • German: Wisch
  • Luxembourgish: Wësch
• Old Norse: visk f (< *wiskō)
  • Icelandic: visk f
  • Old Swedish: visk
    • Swedish: viska
  • Danish: visk
  • → Middle English: wisk
    • English: whisk
• → Proto-Finnic: *vihko (< *wiskō) (see there for further descendants)