noun
ArchaicThe gullet or throat.
Origin of weasand
Middle English wesand perhaps from Old English wǣsend variant of wāsandweasand
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Origin
From Middle English wesand, wesande, from Old English wÇ£send, wÄsend (“weasand, windpipe, gullet"), from Proto-Germanic *waisundiz (“windpipe, gullet"), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, run"). Cognate with Old Frisian wÄsende, wÄsande (“weasand"), Middle High German weisant (“windpipe"), Bavarian Waisel, Wasel, Wasling (“the gullet of ruminating animals").
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weasand - Medical Definition
n.
Archaic
The gullet or throat.
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