Where does “wīhsila” come from?

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

wīhsila (Old High German): sour cherry

Definitions

  1. sour cherry

Ancestry of “wīhsila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīhsilōsour cherry
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱs-mistletoe

Words derived from “wīhsila”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīhsilō →
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