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weasand

Meaninggullet

Common meaning: windpipe or gullet

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwasend‘gullet’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsgullet → throatwesand‘throat’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthroat → windpipe or gulletweasand‘windpipe or gullet’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English wasend ‘gullet’.

Roots

  • wasend Old English “gullet”

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