avachi

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avachir

to make soft; make limp or flabby; cause to sag
to render incapable of producing effort

/a.va.ʃi/

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with Old Norse

In summary

Past participle of avachir (“to soften, make limp”), from Middle French [Term?], from Old French avachir (“to sag”), from Frankish *waikijan (“to soften”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną (“to soften, make pliable, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Old High German weihjan (“to soften”), Old English wǣcan (“to weaken, oppress, trouble”), Old Norse veikja (“to bow, make feeble, weaken”). More at weak.