Etymology

weeze

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Today it means: To ooze, exude; drain away; distil gently. Full definition →

Middle English wesen ← Old English wēsan ← Proto-West Germanic *wōsijan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wōsijan“to ooze”
  2. Old English · inherited fromwēsan“to steep, ooze”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwesen
  4. English todayweeze

From Middle English wesen, from Old English wēsan (“to steep, ooze”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōsijan (“to ooze”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwēsan all →

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