Where does “visla” come from?

visla (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse visla, from Proto-Germanic wisulǭ, from Proto-Germanic wisō- — European polecat, "Mustela putorius".

visla (Old Swedish): weasel

Definitions

  1. weasel

Ancestry of “visla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevisla—
2Proto-Germanicwisulǭweasel
3Proto-Germanicwisō-European polecat, "Mustela putorius"

Words derived from “visla”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wisō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wisulǭ →Every word from Old Norse visla →
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