wayn
Middle English
/wɛi̯n/, /wɛːn/, /ˈwɛi̯n(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- wain, wagon, cart
- A war chariot
- A plough or harvester
- Ursa Major or Ursa Minor
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wæġn (wagon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (wagon, cart) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos (primitive carriage, wagon).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*woǵʰnos
Gloss
primitive carriage, wagon
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bridewain English
- wain English
- wainable English
- wainage English
- wainful English
- wainrope English
- wagen Dutch, Flemish
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *woǵʰnos Proto-Indo-European
- *wagnaz Proto-Germanic
- wægn Old English
- wægnwyrhta Old English
- wæġn Old English
- crouden Middle English
- croudewayn Middle English
- wayne Middle English
- waynen Middle English
- vagn Old Norse
- wagan Old High German
- *wagan Old Dutch
- wagan Old Dutch
- wagan Old Saxon
- wein Old Frisian
- vogn Bavarian
- waghen Crimean Gothic