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webh-
To weave, also to move quickly.
Derivatives include web, weevil, and wobble.- weave, woof1, from Old English wefan, to weave, from Germanic *weban.
- weft, from Old English wefta, weft, cross thread, from Germanic *wefta‑.
- Suffixed o-grade form *wobh-yo‑. web, webster, from Old English web(b), web, from Germanic *wabjam, fabric, web.
- weevil, from Old English wifel, weevil (< "that which moves briskly"), from suffixed Germanic form *webila‑.
- gaufrette, goffer, from Old French gaufre, honeycomb, waffle;
- wafer, from Old North French waufre, wafer. Both (i) and (ii) from a source akin to Middle Low German wāfel, honeycomb.
- waffle1, from Middle Dutch wāfel, waffle. Both a and b from suffixed Germanic form *wabila‑, web, honeycomb.
- Possibly Germanic *wab‑, to move back and forth as in weaving.
- wave, from Old English wafian, to move (the hand) up and down;
- waver, from Middle English waveren, to waver;
- wobble, from Low German wabbeln, to move from side to side, sway.
- Suffixed zero-grade form *ubh-ā‑. hypha, from Greek huphē, web.
[Pokorny u̯ebh‑ 1114.] |
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