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Noun

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wio

  1. addiction

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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wīo m

  1. kite (bird of prey)

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Polish

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Etymology

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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

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  • Syllabification: wio

Interjection

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wio

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

Further reading

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  • 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