weken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to soften, to make/become soft (generally through soaking)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *wēken inherited from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną (soften, avoid, make pliable, weaken, make weak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waikwijaną
Gloss
soften, avoid, make pliable, weaken, make weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Cognates and derived terms
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- veikja Old Norse
- wêken Middle Dutch
- weihhen Old High German
- *wēken Old Dutch
- *waikijan Frankish
- *waikjan, to soften Frankish