kvísl

From Old Norse kvísl, by dissimilation from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō.

• IPA^(key): /kʰvistl/

  Rhymes: -istl

kvísl f (genitive singular kvíslar, nominative plural (in the meaning "branch; pitchfork") kvíslar or (in the meaning "lineage; genus") kvíslir)

1. branch of a river
2. a forked implement, such as a pitchfork
3. lineage; genus

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare kvistr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiːsl̥/

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kvísl f

1. (of a tree) branch
2. a fork
3. pedigree of a family

• kynkvísl (“lineage, pedigree”)

• Icelandic: kvísl
• Faroese: kvísl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvissel

• kvísl in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.