hvæsa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvæsa.

Pronunciation

Verb

hvæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvæsti, supine hvæst)

  1. to hiss

Conjugation

Noun

hvæsa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hvæs

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, breath, blow, essence).

Verb

hvæsa

  1. to hiss

Descendants

  • Danish: hvæse
  • Faroese: hvæsa
  • Icelandic: hvæsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvese
  • Swedish: väsa (older hväsa)
  • Middle English: whesen (possibly)