weasand

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wesand, wesande and wesaunt, which trace back to Old English *wǣsend, wāsend (“weasand, windpipe, gullet”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *waisund, *waisundu (“windpipe, gullet”), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, run”). It is cognate with Old Frisian wāsande (“weasand”), Old Saxon wāsendi, Old High German weisant (“windpipe”), Middle High German weisant (“windpipe”), Bavarian Waisel, Wasel, Wasling (“the gullet of ruminating animals”), and Alemannic German Weisel (“esophagus (of an animal)”).