liska
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be
- Borrowed from Romance/Medieval Latin lisca, though the reverse is also possible; this could be from Vulgar Latin *alisca, from Latin arista (“(ear of) corn, grain, awn”).[1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *leu, related to Lithuanian laure (“dirty person”),[2][3] referring to the mud it grows in.
- From a pre-Germanic/pre-Roman substrate language.[4][5]
Compare Middle Low German lēsch, lǖsch, lūs, lēsek, lēsik (“reed, sedge”), Middle Dutch luusch, Old Saxon hlus (“reed, sedge”).
Noun
liska f
Descendants
- Middle High German: *lische
- German: Liesch
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “681”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ “laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “liska”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), 6th edition
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlis.ka/
- Rhymes: -iska
- Syllabification: lis‧ka
Noun
liska m animal
- genitive/accusative singular of lisek
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lîska/
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *listъ, possibly borrowed through Polish liść; compare with the inherited lȋst.
Noun
lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.
Noun
lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)
Declension
Declension of liska
Further reading
- “liska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025