Words that come from Old English “wafian”
94 words across 6 languages descend from Old English wafian — including wave, waves, wavelength, microwave, waveform, wavy, waveguide, waft.
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English (85)
- wave
- waves
- wavelength
- microwave
- waveform
- wavy
- waveguide
- waft
- shortwave
- wavefront
- wavefunction
- wavenumber
- wavelike
- brainwave
- longwave
- waveband
- waveless
- waviness
- heatwave
- multiwavelength
- subwavelength
- wavefield
- microwavable
- waveshape
- wavetable
- multiwave
- airwave
- waveplate
- wafture
- halfwave
- wavemaker
- waveshaping
- soundwave
- waveth
- wavemeter
- skywave
- awave
- waftage
- timewave
- midwave
- wavily
- handwave
- interwave
- wavecut
- wafty
- waveshaper
- groundwave
- blastwave
- wavest
- autowave
- counterwave
- nonwave
- wavetop
- mediumwave
- crimewave
- superwave
- wavyleaf
- waveoff
- waveful
- wavelessly
- eigenwave
- ultrashortwave
- matterwave
- nonwaveguide
- upwaft
- waveson
- theta wave
- Wavoid
- P-wave
- transverse wave
- unmicrowavable
- nonwaveform
- nanowaveguide
- superwavelength
- wavepulse
- sawtooth wave
- triangle wave
- μwave
- μ-wave
- wavyish
- antimicrowave
- quadriwave
- monowavelength
- metawaveguide
- blow-wave