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wean — [OE] The etymological notion underlying wean is of ‘becoming accustomed’. The specialization to ‘making accustomed to food other than mother’s milk’ is a secondary development. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wanjan (source also of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
wean — O.E. wenian to accustom, from P.Gmc. *wanjanan (Cf. O.N. venja, Du. wennen, O.H.G. giwennan, Ger. gewöhnen to accustom ), from *wanaz accustomed (related to WONT (Cf. wont)). The sense of weaning a child from the breast in O.E. was generally… … Etymology dictionary
wana- (1) — *wana (1), *wanaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. mangelnd, fehlend, leer; ne. wanting (Adjektiv); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., afries., as., mnl., ahd.; Etymologie … Germanisches Wörterbuch
wana- (2) — *wana (2), *wanaz, *wuna , *wunaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. gewohnt; ne. used; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., afries., ahd.; Etymologie: s. ing. *u̯en (1), *u̯enə … Germanisches Wörterbuch
wean — [OE] The etymological notion underlying wean is of ‘becoming accustomed’. The specialization to ‘making accustomed to food other than mother’s milk’ is a secondary development. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wanjan (source also of… … Word origins

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