Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. · A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. · The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). · The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.
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- Root classification mention*h₂weg-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwastenm
- Inherited-form mentionwastenm · waist
- Inherited-form mention*wæstang
- Inherited-form mention*wahstugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wahstuzgem-pro · growth, development, stature, build
- Derivation mention*h₂weks-ine-pro · to multiply, increase
- Cognate mentionwacsteenm · growth, increase, might, power
- Cognate mentionwahstgmh
- Cognate mentionvækstda
- Cognate mentionväxtsv
- Cognate mentionvöxturis
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃got
- Cognate mentionweaxanang
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