An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wehen

by Friedrich Kluge

wehen, verb, ‘to blow,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wœjen (wœn), Old High German wâjan (wâen), weak verb; corresponding to Dutch waaijen, Anglo-Saxon wâwan, Gothic waian, ‘to blow.’ The originally strong (as in Gothic and Anglo-Saxon) verbal root wê, ‘to blow,’ is found in other Aryan languages; compare Greek ἄημι, ‘to blow’ (root ϝη), Old Slovenian vějati, ‘to blow,’ Sanscrit root vâ, ‘to blow.’ Allied to Wind.