guizo

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic or from a Germanic language:[1] compare English whisk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (“bundle”). Cognate with Portuguese guiço and Spanish guizque (“sting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡiθo̝/, (western) /ˈɡiso̝/

Noun

guizo m (plural guizos)

twig; splinter; small bundle

Derived terms

desenguizar
desguizar
enguizar
esguizar
guiceiro

References

“esguiçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“guizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“guizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“guizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “guizque”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese