English Explanatory Dictionary

weasand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The oesophagus; the gullet.
  2. The throat or windpipe.

Pronunciation

/ˈwiːzənd/

Word forms

weasand weasands weazand wassin wezzen wizen wizzen wosen weazon wesan wessand wezand wezon

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wesand, wesande, wesaunt, from Old English *wǣsend, wāsend (“weasand, windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisund, *waisundu (“windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, run”). Cognate with Old Frisian wāsande (“weasand”), Old Saxon wāsendi, Old High German weisant (“windpipe”), Middle High German weisant (“windpipe”), Bavarian Waisel, Wasel, Wasling (“the gullet of ruminating animals”), Alemannic German Weisel (“esophagus (of an animal)”).

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