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Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be
Compare Middle Low German lēsch, lǖsch, lūs, lēsek, lēsik (“reed, sedge”), Middle Dutch luusch, Old Saxon hlus (“reed, sedge”).
Noun
liska f
- sedge, reed
Descendants
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 681, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ “laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlis.ka/
- Rhymes: -iska
- Syllabification: lis‧ka
Noun
liska m animal
- genitive/accusative singular of lisek
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *listъ, possibly borrowed through Polish liść; compare with the inherited lȋst.
Noun
lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)
- leaf (part of a plant)
- Synonym: lȋst
Declension
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