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Where does “wǣsend” come from?

wǣsend (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *waisund, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.

Ancestry of “wǣsend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*waisund—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate

Words derived from “wǣsend”

  • weasand
  • weason
  • wesand
  • wesande
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weys- →