weasand

Meaning

Noun

• The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea.
• The throat in general.

Origin

• From Middle English wesand, wesande, from Old English wǣsend, wāsend, from Proto-Germanic *waisundiz ("windpipe, gullet"), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- ("to flow, run"). Cognate with Old Frisian wāsande ("weasand"), Old Saxon wāsendi, Old High German weisant ("windpipe"), Middle High German weisant ("windpipe"), Bavarian Waisel, Wasel, Wasling, Alemannic German Weisel ("esophagus (of an animal)").