waen

Middle Dutch

noun
Definitions
  • hope, expectation
  • opinion, feeling, hunch (without evidence)
  • suspicion
  • doubt

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch wān inherited from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wēniz

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