weinen.
to weep, cry
Meaning & usage
to weep, cry
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German weinen, from Old High German weinōn (“to cry, lament, cry woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“woe”). Related with Weh, English woe, which see. Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, to cry”), Old English wānian (“to complain, lament”).
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