quisling
English
/ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
Etymology
Affix from Danish Kvislemark, kvissel (cleft branch) + Danish mark (field, q)+ Danish da (then, come, -ing, act of, position)+ Danish Danmark (Denmark)derived from Old Norse kvísl (fork) derived from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*twīsilō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Denmark English
- Quislingism English
- quislingize English
- Danemark French
- *twisilô Proto-Germanic
- *twisilą Proto-Germanic
- *twīsilō Proto-Germanic
- twisel Old English
- twisla Old English
- twisel Middle English
- Danmǫrk Old Norse
- danir Old Norse
- kvísl Old Norse
- march Old Norse
- merki Old Norse
- mǫrk Old Norse
- Danmark Danish
- Danmark-Norge Danish
- Kvislemark Danish
- Middelhavet Danish
- da Danish
- danmarkshistorie Danish
- datid Danish
- daværende Danish
- grundlovssikret Danish
- hukommelse Danish
- komme i hu Danish
- kvissel Danish
- mark Danish
- størrelse Danish
- uhørt Danish
- ødemark Danish
- kvísl Icelandic
- Denmark Scots
- Danmarki Kalaallisut, Greenlandic