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virus, weasel, bison

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• Proto-Indo-European *weys- slime, poison, flow, melt

  • Proto-Indo-European *wisós action noun, zero-grade variant

    • Hellenic *wihós

      • Ancient Greek ῑ̓ός īós poison, venom

        • Greek ιός iós venom, virus
    • Indo-Iranian *wišás

      • Indo-Aryan *wíṣas

        • Dardic *biṣá

          • Kalasha biṣ poison
        • Sanskrit विष viṣá poison, venom, bane

          • Sauraseni 𑀯𑀺𑀲 visa

            • Madhya

              • Hindi बिस bis
          • Pali

            • Malay bisa poison
            • Thai พิษ pít poison, venom, toxin

              • Thai มลพิษ mon-lá-pít pollution
          • Hindi विष viṣ poison, venom re-borrowing
          • Telugu విషము viṣamu poison, venom, water
      • Iranian *wíšah

        • Avestan viša poison
      • Uralic *wiša poison, gall, green

        • Finnic *viha poison, greeness

          • Finnic *viherä green

            • Finnish vihreä green
        • Mordvinic

          • Erzya ожо ožo yellow, jaundice
        • Permic

          • Udmurt вож vož green
    • Tocharian *wä́së

      • Arshian wäs poison
      • Kushean wase poison
  • Proto-Indo-European *weysós action noun, full-grade variant

    • Italic *weisos

      • Latin vīrus slime, poison, venom

        • English virus
        • Latin vīrulentus poisonous

          • English virulent
  • Proto-Indo-European *weysō stink thing? flow thing?

    • Germanic *wisō

      • Germanic *wisulǭ weasel, polecat diminutive

        • North Germanic

          • Old Norse visla weasel

            • Danish væsel weasel
            • Old Norse hreysivisla weasel lit. "den-weasel"

              • Icelandic hreysivisla weasel
        • West Germanic

          • Old English weosule

            • English weasel
          • Frankish *wisala

            • Dutch wezel weasel
          • Old High German wisala

            • German Wiesel weasel
  • Proto-Indo-European *wisn̥tós stinked thing?

    • Germanic *wisund(a)z wild ox

      • East Germanic

        • Gothic *Uisandus

          • Latin Uisandi

            • Western Romance

              • Galician Guisande
      • West Germanic

        • Old English wesend bison, wild ox
        • Old High German wisunt

          • German Wisent wisent, European bison

            • Dutch wisent
            • English wisent
      • Latin bisōn bison

        • Western Romance

          • French bison

            • English bison
      • Ancient Greek βίσονας bison

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Collected English words

virus, virulent, weasel, wisent, bison