Where does “geisli” come from?

geisli (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse geisli, from Proto-Germanic gaisilaz — staff, whip.

geisli (Icelandic): beam, a ray; radius

Definitions

  1. beam, a ray; radius

Ancestry of “geisli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegeisli—
2Proto-Germanicgaisilazstaff, whip

Words derived from “geisli”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gaisilaz →Every word from Old Norse geisli →