gʷis-ti-s

    gʷis-ti-s

    English meaning: finger

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Finger”??

    Material: Welsh bys, O.Corn. bis, bes, Bret. biz “finger”, M.Ir. biss ega “icicle”; Celto-Gmc. PN Bissula “Fingerchen”?; O.N. kvistr m. “twig, branch”; M.L.G. twist “twig, branch” mũßte dabei ein from kvistr miscellaneous word sein, was also bedenklich is, as O.N. kvīsl f. “twig, branch, fork, arm of a river “ from O.H.G. zwisila “gabelförmiger object, twig, branch” to separate; see above S. 232.

    References: WP. I 694.