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Where does “wesan” come from?

wesan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

wesan (Old English): to be, exist; to soak; to macerate; to dye; to...

Definitions

  1. to be, exist; to soak; to macerate; to dye; to...

Ancestry of “wesan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “wesan”

  • am
  • art
  • r
  • thereby
  • wear
  • wearing
  • worn
  • whereby
  • bye
  • bees
  • bee
  • hereby
  • artwork
  • ben
  • underwear
  • artful
  • bein
  • bygone
  • bequest
  • artfully
  • artless
  • weir
  • beeswax
  • wearable
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