wave in

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*webʰ-“to move to and from, wander”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wabōną
3. Old English · inherited fromwafian“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwaven
5. English todaywave in

English wave + in. From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”).

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