Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder. · To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood. · To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition. · To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.
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- Root classification mention*wenh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwenenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwenianang
- Inherited-form mention*wannjangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*wanjanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*wenh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionwennennl
- Cognate mentiongewöhnende
- Cognate mentionvænneda
- Cognate mentionvänjasv
- Cognate mentionvenjais
- Doublet mentionwoneen
- Doublet mentionwonten
- Doublet mentionwonderen
- Doublet mentionwinen
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