kveisa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kveisa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ- (mud, filth), see also Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveisa f (genitive singular kveisu, no plural)

  1. colic

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 469, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis