An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/wehen

by Friedrich Kluge

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 wê, ‘to blow,’ is found in other Aryan languages; comp. Gr. ἄημι, ‘to blow’ (root ϝη), OSlov. vějati, ‘to blow,’ Sans. root vâ, ‘to blow.’ Allied to Wind.