waven
Middle English
/ˈwaːvən/
verb
Definitions
- To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro.
- To go away or astray; to travel.
- (figurative) To be indecisive or unsure; to waver.
- (rare) To wave; to cause to move to and fro.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wafian (wave, fluctuate, wonder, waver in mind, sway) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wabōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wabōną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wavoid English
- airwave English
- autowave English
- awave English
- blastwave English
- blow-wave English
- brainwave English
- coldwave English
- counterwave English
- crimewave English
- eigenwave English
- groundwave English
- halfwave English
- handwave English
- heatwave English
- interwave English
- longitudinal wave English
- longwave English
- matterwave English
- mediumwave English
- microwave English
- midwave English
- multiwave English
- nonwave English
- quadriwave English
- sawtooth wave English
- shortwave English
- skywave English
- soundwave English
- superwave English
- theta wave English
- timewave English
- transverse wave English
- triangle wave English
- waft English
- wave English
- wave in English
- waveband English
- wavecut English
- wavefield English
- wavefolding English
- waveform English
- wavefront English
- waveful English
- wavefunction English
- waveguide English
- wavelength English
- waveless English
- wavelike English
- wavemaker English
- wavemeter English
- wavenumber English
- waveoff English
- waveplate English
- wavepulse English
- waveshape English
- waveshaper English
- waveshaping English
- wavespeed English
- wavest English
- wavetable English
- waveth English
- wavetop English
- wavy English
- μ-wave English
- μwave English
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wabōną Proto-Germanic
- wafian Old English
- waffen Middle English
- ráfa Old Norse