Wanst

Meaning

  1. (colloquial, masculine, strong) belly, paunch
  2. (masculine, strong) rumen, the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wangscht

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wanscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/vanst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wanst, from Old High German wanast, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-. Cognate with Latin venter (“belly”) and Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

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