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whistle
whistle:
[OE] Like
whisper
,
whistle
goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *
khwis
-, which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish
vissla
‘whistle’ and Danish
hvisle
‘hiss’.
=>
whisper