wawe

Middle English

/waɣ/, /wau̯/

noun
Definitions
  • A wave moving zone of water or other flowing substance, undulation
  • Any sort of flowing or spurting motion.
  • (usually in the plural) The ocean; a large body of water.
  • (figurative) A force of change or disruption.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wǣġ (scale, a weight, a tool for weighing, balance) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (wave, storm, motion, water in motion).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wēgaz

Gloss

wave, storm, motion, water in motion

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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