Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Baltic etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Baltic: *wisk-ē̂- (*wisk-a-) vb., *wizg-ē̂-, *wiks-ē̂-, *wigz-ē̂- vb.
Meaning: shake, move
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: viskḗti (vìska) `beben, sich bewegen, schwanken, zittern, glitzern', dial. visgḗti 'dass.', vìskinti 'bewegen, rühren, schütteln', viksḗti '(mit dem Schwanz) wedeln', vigzḗti 'dass.'
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lith,

Search within this database

Indo-European etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-IE: *wisk-
Meaning: to move quickly, to shake
Baltic: *wisk-ē̂- (*wisk-a-) vb., *wizg-ē̂-, *wiks-ē̂-, *wigz-ē̂- vb.
Germanic: *wisk=, *wisk-ia- vb.
Russ. meaning: быстро двигать(ся), трясти(сь)
References: WP I 243 f
piet-meaning,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,

Search within this database

Germanic etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Germanic: *wisk=, *wiskian- vb.
Meaning: to move quickly, to shake
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old English: weoxian
East Frisian: wisk `rasche Bewegung, Husch',
Middle Dutch: wiscen, wisscen
Dutch: wissen
Middle Low German: wischen
Old High German: wisken 'über etw. reinigend reiben' (um 1000)
Middle High German: wischen, wüschen wk. (prt. wischte/wiste, wüschte/wuschte, wüste/wuste) tr. 'wischen, abwischen, reinigen, trocknen', intr. 'leicht u. schnell sich bewegen, sclüpfen, entschlüpfen'
German: wischen `(sich) schnell bewegen', entwischen `sich schnell davonmachen, entkommen'
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-oengl,germet-eastfris,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
11089331680044
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov