wain

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪn/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Norwegian

Cognate with Swedish

In summary

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.