wag

Betekenis (English)

1. To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief.
2. (slang) To play truant from school.
3. (obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.
4. To move continually, especially in gossip; said of the tongue.
5. (obsolete) To leave; to depart.

zwaaien

schudden

opstoken

kwispeling

zwieping

potsenmaker

wield

wave about

to play wag

funny-man

skip class

funny person

switchtail

wag tail

be nonplussed

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wæɡ/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Engels

In summary

From Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to wag”). Related to English way. The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb

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