Where does “wasescite” come from?

wasescite (Old English) comes from Old English wāse, from Proto-West Germanic *waisā — mire, muck, slime.

wasescite (Old English): cuttlefish

Definitions

  1. cuttlefish

Ancestry of “wasescite”, step by step

wasescite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wāse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwāsemarsh; mire; marsh, mire; mud, mire
2Proto-West Germanic*waisāmire, muck, slime

via Old English sċyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċyteshooting
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *waisā →Every word from Old English wāse →