weechen
Luxemburgeois
/ˈveːɕən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to soak
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German weichen inherited from Old High German weihhen 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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Abweichung German
- abweichen German
- aufweichen German
- einweichen German
- entweichen German
- weichen German
- weken Dutch, Flemish
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- veikja Old Norse
- veikja Icelandic
- wêken Middle Dutch
- weihhen Old High German
- wīchan Old High German
- weichen Middle High German
- *wēken Old Dutch
- bòochan Cimbrian
- *waikijan Frankish
- *waikjan, to soften Frankish