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Proto-Germanic: *wētan- vb., *wēta-z, *wētēn
Meaning: blow
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old High German: { wāʒan 'wehen, blasen, duften, riechen' }
Middle High German: wāʒen red. v. 'duften, riechen', wāʒ st. m., wāʒe wk. m. 'das wehe en, der sturm; atem, hauch; duft, geruch den etw. von sich gibt; geruchsinn'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wed- (Gr hw-?)
Meaning: to blow
Old Greek: ? hedănó- (Hom., hHom.) as epith. of oil; expld. by Gramm. as cogn. with hēdǘs, hḗdomai, handánō 'sweet' (Hdn. Gr., Apollon.)
Baltic: *wēd- (*wēd-a-) vb. tr., *wē̂d-ī̂-, *wē̂d-in̂- vb. (1)
Germanic: *wēt-a- vb., *wēt-a- m., *wēt-an- m.
Russ. meaning: дуть
References: Fraenkel 325
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Proto-Baltic: *wēd- (*wēd-a-) vb. tr., *wē̂d-ī̂-, *wē̂d-in̂- vb. (1)
Meaning: ventilate
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: vēdìnti 'lüften, kühlen, der Luft aussetzen'
Lettish: vẽdît (-ĩju) 'lüften', vẽdinât intr. 'wehen; tr. 'lüften, wedeln, fächeln'; *vēst (vēda) 'wehen, hauchen'
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