Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. · A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish. · Human arm. · Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm. · To fly. · To travel swiftly. · To add a wing (extra part) to.
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian Nynorsk veng (“wing”). Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.
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- Root classification mention*h₂weh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwingeenm
- Derivation mentionvængrnon
- Derivation mention*wēingijazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂weh₁-ine-pro · to blow
- Cognate mentionwainggovd
- Cognate mentionvongurfo
- Cognate mentionvænguris
- Cognate mentionvengnn
- Non-cognate comparisonfitherenm
- Non-cognate comparisonfiþreang
- Non-cognate comparison*fiþrijągem-pro
- Cognate mention*feþrōgem-pro
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