wain

Etymology

Came into English from Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). A doublet of wagon, which was borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, and Swedish vagn.