kveisa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kveisa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ- (mud, filth), see also Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kveisa f (genitive singular kveisu, no plural)

  1. colic

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “469”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis