kvistr

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *twistaz or perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz.

Noun

kvistr m (genitive kvistar, dative kvisti, plural kvistir)

1. twig, branch

Declension

  Declension of kvistr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvistr	kvistrinn	kvistir	kvistirnir
accusative	kvist	kvistinn	kvistu	kvistuna
dative	kvisti	kvistinum	kvistum	kvistunum
genitive	kvistar	kvistarins	kvista	kvistanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvistur
• Faroese: kvistur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvist
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvist
• Swedish: kvist
• → Middle English: quist
  • English: quist (dialectal)

References

• “kvistr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press