weasand

Senso (Inglese)

1. (dialectal) The oesophagus; the gullet.
2. (dialectal) The throat or windpipe.

sinonimi

larynx

throat

windpipe

Traduzioni

λάρυγγας

τραχεία

λάρυγξ

gırtlak

nefes borusu

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwiːzənd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wesand

Ereditato da inglese antico: *wǣsend

Affine Old Frisian: wāsande

Affine Old Saxon: wāsendi

Affine tedesco antico alto: weisant

Affine tedesco medio alto: weisant

Affine bavarese: Waisel

Affine tedesco svizzero: Weisel

In summary

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)”).