weasand
wea·sand
weasand · weasands
The oesophagus; the gulletThe oesophagus; the gullet.
/ˈwiːzənd/
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal)The oesophagus; the gullet.
(dialectal)The throat or windpipe.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wesand, wesande, wesaunt, from Old English *wǣsend, wāsend (Inherited from Middle English wesand, wesande, wesaunt, from Old English *wǣsend, wāsend (“weasand, windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisund, *waisundu (“windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, run”). 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”), Alemannic German Weisel (“esophagus (of an animal)”).
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