visse
Danish
Dutch
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch visse (“polecat”), borrowed via North Frisian from Latin vissio (“wiesel”) (see French vison (“mink”)). Cognate to English fitchew, English fitch and English fitchet. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
visse f (plural vissen, diminutive vissetje n or visseke n)
- (Southern, dialectal) European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- 1907, Vlaanderen: algemeen Vlaamsch maandschrift, vol V, 486.
- 't Zal een ratte zijn of een visse, gromde hij.
- 1938, Biekorf, vol 44, 113.
- Bij 't speuren van een konijnenpijpe was daar een visse uitgesprongen
- 1907, Vlaanderen: algemeen Vlaamsch maandschrift, vol V, 486.
Synonyms
Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “visse”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
French
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Verb
visse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
visse (present tense vissar, past tense vissa, past participle vissa, passive infinitive vissast, present participle vissande, imperative visse/viss)
- (transitive) to assure
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
References
- “visse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
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