Wednesday, March 24, 2010

बिस بِس ♣ Eng. virus, viscid

बिस بِس ♣ Eng. virus, viscid

[bis], m. poison.

[◀MIA: Pk. visa- n. (also m.) ‘poison’; Pa. visa- n. ‘poison’ ◀OIA viṣá- n. ‘poison’ RV. ◀PIE *u̯eis- ‘to flow; poison’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. ooze, weasel ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. bison, virus, viscid, viscous ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0154; (Turner, 1966) 11968; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 638; (MW, 1899) 0995; (Pokorny, 1959) 1134; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.563

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