wain

Meanings

Noun

  • A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
  • Alternative of wean

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European, from *weǵʰ-.
  • Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. wagon, a borrowing from Dutch.
  • From wee one.

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