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Number: 2106
Root: u̯ei-2, u̯ei̯ǝ- : u̯ī̆-
English meaning: to wither
German meaning: `welken'
General comments: erweitert u̯ī-t- und u̯ei-s-
Material: Lat. viēscō, -ere `verwelken, verschrumpfen', viētus `welk, verschrumpft';

    air. feugud gl. `marcor' ist von fēo `welk' (*u̯i-u̯o-) = cymr. gwyw ds. abgeleitet;

    aisl. visinn `welk', Partiz. eines *wisan, wovon germ. *wis-n-ōn, -ēn in aisl. visna, ags. wisnian und (mit gramm. Wechsel) weornian, ahd. wesanēn `welken' (auch nhd. verwesen gehört wie ags. forweoren `verwest' zeigt, ursprünglich hierher); mhd. wesel `schwach, matt', engl. dial. weasel, weazen `dünn, mager', aisl. vesall `elend', vesligr ds., norw. visa `schwache Person', schwed. vesa `ermüden';

    lit. výsti `welken' (Prät. výtau), výtinu, pa-vaitinù `mache welken', lett. vietēt, vītēt ds.

References: WP. I 227 f., WH. II 787 f.;
See also: Beziehung zu u̯eis- `zerfließen' ist wahrscheinlich.
Pages: 1123
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(a)wēy-, *wyē-
Meaning: to fade, to get tired, exhausted
Old Indian: vāyati `to become languid, weary, exhausted', abhi-vāta- `ill, sick'; ā-vi-, ā-vī- f. `pain, suffering', pl. `pangs of childbirth'; vāta-, vāna- `dried up'
Old Greek: áethlo-s, -n, ark. [a]wethla, att. ā̂thlo-s, -n m., n.`Mühsal, Wettkampf, Kampfpreis'; ? <? watalǟ́> gateilaí (gatálai cod.) = oulaí Hsch.
Baltic: *wī̂- (1) vb., *wī̂-t-/*wī̃-t- (1) vb. intr., *wī̂-t-in-ā̂- (1), *wī̂-t-ē̂- (1), *weî-t-ē̂- (1) || *wā̂- vb., *wā̂-j-u- (2) adj., *wā̂-t-i- (2) c. (#667)
Germanic: *wī́-s-a- vb., *wí-s-n-ō- vb., *wí-s-n-an- m., *wái-s=, *wi-s-al-a-, *wí-s-al-ō- vb. || *wai-l-[a]- adj. #917
Latin: viēscō, -ere `verwelken, verschrumpfen', viētus `welk, eingeschrumpft'
Celtic: OIr feugud `marcor', Cymr gwyw `verwelkt'; OIr hōfebat `marcescunt'
Russ. meaning: уставать, истощаться, вянуть
References: WP I 213 f, 223 f, 227 f + REFERNUM 146
Comments: Very probably = *(a)wēy- 'get tired, exhausted' #1378
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Proto-Baltic: *wī̂- (1) vb., *wī̂-t-/*wī̃-t- (1) vb. intr., *wī̂-t-in-ā̂- (1), *wī̂-t-ē̂- (1), *weî-t-ē̂- (1)
Meaning: fade
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: vī́sti (vī́sta, vī́tō) `welken', caus. vī́tinti, vītìnti, vaitìnti
Lettish: vĩt 'welken'; vĩst (/vìst) (vĩstu, vĩtu) 'welken'; vĩtinât, vĩtêt (-ẽju), viẽtêt (-ẽju) 'welken machen, welken lassen; langsam trocknen lassen; prügeln'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *wī́san, *wísnōn-, *wísnēn, *wáis=, *wisala-, *wisalōn- vb. (+ #917 !)
Meaning: weak, wet
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ptc. visin-n `welk, dürr', visna wk. `welken'; vesal-l `arm, elend', vesla, vesala `elend machen'
Norwegian: visen, vissen; dial. vesall, vesle `klein, dünn, schwach', veisen `schlaff, halbwelk', visa `eine schwache, schlaffe Person'; vesla vb.
Swedish: vissen; dial. ves, vesen `schwach', vesa `müde werden, zögern'' dial. väsal
Danish: vissen
Old English: tō-weosan; wisnian, weornian `verwelken, verdorren';
English: dial. weasel, weezel, weazen `dünn, mager'
Old High German: fir-wesan `faul werden'; wesanēn `verwelken, verdorren'
Middle High German: verwësen st. intr. 'zunichte werden, vergehn, herunterkommen', tr. 'zunichte machen, verderben, aufbrauchen'; wɛsel 'schwach, matt'
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