wio

Lindu

Noun

wio

  1. addiction

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • weho

Noun

wīo m

  1. kite (bird of prey)

References

  • Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “wīo”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition
  • Viktor Hugo Suolahti (1909) “Weihe”, in Die deutschen Vogelnamen : eine wortgeschichtliche Untersuchung‎[2] (in German), page 356

Polish

Etymology

Probably a relic imperative of Polish wiać (“to run, to flee”), analogical to unrelated Bulgarian дий (dij).

Alternately a colloquial variation of the imperative of Polish wieźć (“to drive, to carry on a cart or a wagon”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vezti.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈvjɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: wio

Interjection

wio

  1. used to direct horses to move forward; giddyup; hyah
    Synonym: (dialectal) hetta
    Antonyms: prr, (dialectal) tprrruu

Further reading

  • wio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “wio”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899) “wio”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 247)
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