visk

Possibly ultimately from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian вискам (viskam, “to whine”), dialectal виск (visk, “shriek”). Alternatively from Visk, hypocoristic of Vinçenc (“Vincent”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvisk/
• Rhymes: -isk

visk m (plural visqe) (Gheg)

1. donkey foal, donkey colt

   Synonym: kërriç

• “vis/k,~ku”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 2169a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “visk”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558a
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “visk-u”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 184
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “visk-u”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 100a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βίσκ-ου”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 31
• Meyer, G. (1891) “visk”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 473

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋesɡ̊]
• Homophone: hvisk

From Old Danish visk m, Old Norse visk f, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay”), cognate with German Wisch, Dutch wis.

visk c (singular definite visken, plural indefinite viske)

1. wisp of straw

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

visk

1. imperative of viske

From Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskō, a variant of *wiskaz.

• IPA^(key): /vɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

visk f (genitive singular viskar, nominative plural viskar)

1. bundle of hay; wisp

   Synonyms: vöndull, knippi, hneppi

visk

1. imperative of viske

visk m

1. alternative form of fisk