Where does “visk” come from?

visk (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic wiskō, from Proto-Germanic wiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.

visk (Icelandic): bundle of hay; wisp

Definitions

  1. bundle of hay; wisp

Ancestry of “visk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevisk—
2Proto-Germanicwiskōbundle of hay, wisp
3Proto-Germanicwiskazbundle of hay/straw, wisp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiskaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiskō →