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

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvistr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive