weken

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ʋeː.kə(n)/

verb

Definitions

(archaic) to soften
(transitive) to soak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch wêken 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

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*weyg- Proto-Indo-European
*weyk- Proto-Indo-European
*waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
veikja Old Norse
weken Middle Dutch
wêken Middle Dutch
weihhen Old High German
weichen Middle High German
weechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
*wēken Old Dutch
*waikijan Frankish
*waikjan, to soften Frankish