Wanst
Meaning
- (colloquial, masculine, strong) belly, paunch
- (masculine, strong) rumen, the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Synonyms
Plauze
Feinkostgewölbe
Bäuchlein
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
wangscht
Basel-Landschaft
wanscht
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vanst/
Etymology
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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