An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Weichen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Weichen
Friedrich Kluge2508488An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — Weichen1891John Francis Davis

Weichen, plur., ‘groin’; the term was first recorded in the 14th cent., denoting the tender parts of the body between the ribs and loins.