Where does “weaning” come from?
Weaning derives from the English verb wean, from Middle English wenen, Old English wēnan, Proto-Germanic wēnijaną, and Proto-Indo-European wenh₁-, meaning to accustom or habituate.
weaning (English): present participle of wean; The process of a...
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- present participle of wean; The process of a...
Ancestry of “weaning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wean | To cease giving milk to an offspring; to accustom... |
| 2 | Middle English | wenen | — |
| 3 | Old English | wēnan | to think (be of a certain opinion) |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wēnijaną | to hope, to expect; to believe, to imagine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |