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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 730

Root / lemma: gw|is-ti-s

English meaning: finger

German meaning: `Finger'??

Material: Cymr. bys, acorn. bis, bes, bret. biz `Finger', mir. biss ega `Eiszapfen'; kelto-germ. PN Bissula `Fingerchen'?;

    anord. kvistr m. `Zweig';

    mnd. twist `Zweig' mu"s|te dabei ein von kvistr verschiedenes Wort sein, was ebenso bedenklich ist, wie anord. kvi:sl f. `Zweig, Gabel, Arm eines Flusses' von ahd. zwisila `gabelfo"rmiger Gegenstand, Zweig' zu trennen; s. oben S. 232.

References: WP. I 694.

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