विष्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Other theories derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to spread, increase, produce”).

Pronunciation

Root

विष् • (viṣ)

  1. to be active, act, work, do, perform
  2. to be quick, speed, run, flow (as water)
  3. to work as a servant, serve
  4. to have done with, i.e. overcome, subdue, rule
  5. to be contained in
  6. to clothe
  7. to consume, eat

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 563; 585-6
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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