Where does “guigner” come from?

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

guigner (French): wild cherry tree; to eye

Definitions

  1. wild cherry tree; to eye

Ancestry of “guigner”, step by step

guigner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French guigne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchguignewild cherry, gean; first-person singular present...
2Old Frenchguine—
3Old High Germanwīhsilasour cherry
4Proto-Germanicwīhsilōsour cherry
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱs-mistletoe

via Old French guignier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchguignierto signal
2Frankishwingjan—
3Proto-Germanicwinkanąto move side to side, sway
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

Words derived from “guigner”

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