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wind

Pronunciation: /wind/

“wind” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wind
  2. flatulence

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wind. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wind, Old Saxon wind, Dutch wind, Old High German wint (German Wind), Old Norse vindr (Swedish vind), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ventus (French vent), Welsh gwynt, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.

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