wain

Εννοια

Noun

A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.

Verb

To carry.

Verb

Misspelling of wane.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/weɪn/

Ετυμολογία

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Doublet of wagon, a borrowing from Dutch.