hvína

Faroese

verb

Definitions

to whine

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse hvína derived from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (hiss, whisper, whistle, light, white, shine).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱwey-

Gloss

hiss, whisper, whistle, light, white, shine

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

光, 明

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

κύανος Ancient Greek
*ḱwey- Proto-Indo-European
*hwīnaną Proto-Germanic
hwinan Old English
hwīnan Old English
hvína Old Norse
hvína Icelandic
*hwīnan gmw-pro