gui

French

noun

Definitions

mistletoe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French guy inherited from Latin viscum (birdlime, mistletoe) derived from Frankish *wīhsila.

Origin

Frankish

*wīhsila

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

viscumin English
*visclum Latin
viscidus Latin
viscosus Latin
viscum Latin
viscōsus Latin
visco Spanish, Castilian
*weyḱs- Proto-Indo-European
visgo Portuguese
visgo Galician
vâsc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
guy Middle French
vãscu Aromanian
visc Friulian
*wīhsila Frankish
visc Piedmontese