Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīskrōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwis- (“to hiss”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Latin quiritō (“to scream, screech, shriek, squall”).

Verb

*hwīskrōną

1. To whistle, hiss, whisper.

   Synonyms: *hwisprōną, *hwisplōną

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwīskrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwīskrō	*hwīskrǭ	—	*hwīskrōi	?
2nd singular	*hwīskrōsi	*hwīskrōs	*hwīskrō	*hwīskrōsai	*hwīskrōsau
3rd singular	*hwīskrōþi	*hwīskrō	*hwīskrōþau	*hwīskrōþai	*hwīskrōþau
1st dual	*hwīskrōs	*hwīskrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwīskrōþiz	*hwīskrōþiz	*hwīskrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwīskrōmaz	*hwīskrōm	—	*hwīskrōnþai	*hwīskrōnþau
2nd plural	*hwīskrōþ	*hwīskrōþ	*hwīskrōþ	*hwīskrōnþai	*hwīskrōnþau
3rd plural	*hwīskrōnþi	*hwīskrōn	*hwīskrōnþau	*hwīskrōnþai	*hwīskrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwīskrōdǭ	*hwīskrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*hwīskrōdēz	*hwīskrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*hwīskrōdē	*hwīskrōdēdī
1st dual	*hwīskrōdēdū	*hwīskrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*hwīskrōdēdudiz	*hwīskrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*hwīskrōdēdum	*hwīskrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*hwīskrōdēdud	*hwīskrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*hwīskrōdēdun	*hwīskrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hwīskrōndz	*hwīskrōdaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: hvískra
  • Icelandic: hvískra
  • >? Norn: hvista
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kviskra, kviska
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kviskre
  • Swedish: viska
  • Danish: hviske
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hviske