wang
English
/wæŋ/, /wæŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (dialectal) The cheek; the jaw.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wange inherited from Old English wange (cheek, jaw) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wangô (cheek) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenk- (kneel, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenk-
Gloss
kneel, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tooth English
- wangtooth English
- Wange German
- Wangenknochen German
- rotwangig German
- guancia Italian
- kakwangen Dutch, Flemish
- wang Dutch, Flemish
- wangzak Dutch, Flemish
- *wenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wangô Proto-Germanic
- wange Old English
- wangtoþ Old English
- wange Middle English
- wangtooth Middle English
- vangi Old Norse
- vango Esperanto
- wange Middle Dutch
- wanga Old High German
- wang Afrikaans
- wange Middle High German
- *𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *wanga Old Dutch
- *unk(j)etai Proto-Albanian
- *wankja lng