guiço

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡis̪u], [ˈɡis̪o̝]
• (Minho) IPA^(key): [ˈħis̪u], [ˈħis̪o̝]

guiço m (plural guiços)

1. twig; splinter; small bundle
2. a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand

• “esguiçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guiço”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guiço”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN