ween
adj
Meaning
- blue
Etymology / origin
From Old Frisian wēden, from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀdīn (“like woad, made of woad”, hence “blue, bluish”). Cognate with English woaden.
- woaden(English)→
- *waiʀdīn(gmw-pro)→
- wēden(ofs)→
- ween (North Frisian)
- Relations: inh, inh, cog
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