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whiskEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. Cognates Cognate with Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”). Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”). The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗whiskEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
So called from the rapid action of sweeping the cards off the table after a trick has been won.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WhiskEnglish · e-38700-9342
Whisk, hwisk, v.t. to move with a quick motion: to sweep or stir rapidly.—v.i. to move nimbly and rapidly.—n. a rapid sweeping motion: a small bunch of anything used for a brush: a small instrument for beating or whiskin
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Whisk, hwisk, n. whist. [So called from the rapid action of sweeping the cards off the table after a trick has been won.]
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