Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hwistlōną Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hwistlōną

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*ḱwes- to pant quiritō scream, screech, shriek, squall

verb Weak class 2 to whistle, hiss Traditionally derived from a Proto-Germanic root *hwis- (‘to hiss’), from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (‘to hiss, whistle, whisper’), and compared with *hwīnaną (‘to whiz, whine’), Latin quiritō (‘scream, screech, shriek, squall’). However, it appears more likely that *hwis- and its derivatives are onomatopoeic innovations within Germanic. Note similarities to Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (‘to puff, sigh’).