whisk
English
/(h)wɪsk/
noun
Definitions
- A quick, light sweeping motion.
- A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
- A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
- A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
- A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- (archaic) An impertinent fellow.
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse visk derived from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (hay, bundle of hay straw, wisp, bundle of straw, bundle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (flow, melt, produce, increase, run, turn, procreate, rotate, poison).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weys-
Gloss
flow, melt, produce, increase, run, turn, procreate, rotate, poison
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewhisker English
- broom English
- dewhisker English
- egg English
- eggwhisk English
- fly English
- flywhisk English
- interwhisker English
- nanowhisker English
- tin whisker English
- verge staff English
- virga English
- whiskbroom English
- whisker English
- whiskered English
- whiskering English
- whiskerless English
- whiskerlike English
- whiskery English
- vireo Latin
- virga Latin
- virgator Latin
- virgetum Latin
- virgula Latin
- viscus Latin
- Wisch German
- verga Italian
- aarswis Dutch, Flemish
- wis Dutch, Flemish
- wiskunde Dutch, Flemish
- verge French
- verga Spanish, Castilian
- *weys- Proto-Indo-European
- *wisAn- Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wisgā Proto-Indo-European
- verga Portuguese
- *waisundiz Proto-Germanic
- *waisǭ Proto-Germanic
- *wasô Proto-Germanic
- *wiskaz Proto-Germanic
- *wiskō Proto-Germanic
- *wissaz Proto-Germanic
- विक्रम Sanskrit
- विष्णु Sanskrit
- wisker Middle English
- visk Old Norse
- visk Danish
- verge Old French
- visk Icelandic
- esguizar Galician
- guizo Galician
- verga Galician
- vargă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vèrgue Norman
- wisch Middle High German
- verge Middle French
- veargã Aromanian
- *wizgā Proto-Italic
- *widdja Frankish
- visk Old Danish
- virga Istriot
- wiska Kriol