Where does “guigne” come from?

guigne (French) comes from Old French guine, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs- — mistletoe.

guigne (French): wild cherry, gean; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. wild cherry, gean; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “guigne”, step by step

guigne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French guine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchguine—
2Old High Germanwīhsilasour cherry
3Proto-Germanicwīhsilōsour cherry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱs-mistletoe

via Spanish guinda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishguindasour cherry

Words derived from “guigne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīhsilō →Every word from Old High German wīhsila →
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