Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fīsanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fīsaną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013*péys-e/o-spīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire
verbStrong class 1to blowto fartPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *péys-e/o- from root *(s)peys-(‘to breathe, blow’) Kroonen 2013. Likely of onomatopoeic origin. Possible cognate are Latin spīrō (‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’) and Russian пища́ть (piščátʹ, ‘to peep, squeak’).