ween

ween · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wenh₁-“to strive, love, want, reach, win”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēniz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wāni
4. Old English · inherited fromwēn
5. Middle English · inherited fromwene
6. English todayween

From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).

ween · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēnijaną
2. Old English · inherited fromwēnan
3. Middle English · inherited fromwenen
4. English todayween

From Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan, from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.

ween · verb³

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wainōną“to cry, lament, grieve”
2. Old English · inherited fromwānian“to bewail, lament”
3. Middle English · inherited fromweinen“to wail, lament”
4. English todayween

From Middle English weinen (“to wail, lament”), from Old English wānian (“to bewail, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, lament, grieve”). Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, cry”), German weinen (“to weep, cry”), Icelandic veina (“to wail, cry out”), West Frisian weine (“to weep, cry”).

ween · noun⁴

Abbreviation of wiener dog

ween · noun⁵

Abbreviation of wiener (penis)

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