liska

See also: Liska, liška, Liška, líska, líška, and Líška

Old High German

Alternative forms

• lisca

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be

• Borrowed from Romance/Medieval Latin lisca, though the reverse is also possible; this could be from Vulgar Latin *alisca, from Latin arista (“(ear of) corn, grain, awn”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *leu, related to Lithuanian laure (“dirty person”), referring to the mud it grows in.
• From a pre-Germanic/pre-Roman substrate language.

Compare Middle Low German lēsch, lǖsch, lūs, lēsek, lēsik (“reed, sedge”), Middle Dutch luusch, Old Saxon hlus (“reed, sedge”).

Noun

liska f

1. sedge, reed

Descendants

• Middle High German: *lische
  • German: Liesch

References

• "liska" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis.ka/
• Rhymes: -iska
• Syllabification: lis‧ka

Noun

liska m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of lisek

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *listъ, possibly borrowed through Polish liść; compare with the inherited lȋst.

Noun

lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)

1. leaf (part of a plant)

   Synonym: lȋst

Declension

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