Where does “wâyen” come from?
wâyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wāien, from Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
Ancestry of “wâyen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | wāien | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *wāan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wēaną | to blow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
Words derived from “wâyen”