u̯eis-1

    u̯eis-1

    English meaning: to sprout, grow

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sprießen, wachsen”

    Material: Lat. vireō, -ēre “green sein, be green”, viridis “green”; O.Ice. vīsir “germ, sprout, scion, shoot”, Nor. vīse “ds., Rispe, Stiel and leaves, bloom, blossom, Fruchtansatz” (changing through ablaut vise “germ, sprout” and probably also veis ‘saftiger Stengel”); O.E. wīse ‘scion, shoot, Stengel”; O.H.G. wīsa, M.L.G. wese, Ger. Wiese, O.E. wīsc, M.L.G. wīsch(e) ds.; Lith. veĩsti ‘sich vermehren”, veislùs, vislùs “fertile”, veisle ̃ “brood”, Ltv. viestis ‘sich mehren, thrive”, Lith. vaĩsius “fruit”, vaisà “fertility”, Ltv. vaisla “brood”, Lith. į-vìsti ‘sich vermehren”.

    References: WP. I 242, WH. II 797.