An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/wehen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
wehen
Friedrich Kluge2508482An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wehen1891John Francis Davis

wehen, vb., ‘to blow,’ from the equiv. MidHG. wœjen (wœn), OHG. wâjan (wâen), wk. vb.; corresponding to Du. waaijen, AS. wâwan, Goth. waian, ‘to blow.’ The originally strong (as in Goth. and AS.) verbal root , ‘to blow,’ is found in other Aryan languages; comp. Gr. ἄημι, ‘to blow’ (root ϝη), OSlov. vějati, ‘to blow,’ Sans. root , ‘to blow.’ Allied to Wind.