wahstus
1waist — [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *wæst, which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic *wakhs …
2wahsjan — [akin to Eng wax] : grow. Deriv. wahsjan gataujan vermehren, wahsts (*) growth, wahstus growth, wokrs usurer. Comp. ufarwahsjan grow everywhere, uswahsans adult, uswahts growth …
3waist — (n.) middle part of the body, also part of a garment fitted for the waist, late 14c., probably from O.E. *wæst growth, hence, where the body grows, from P.Gmc. *wahs tu (Cf. O.E. wæstm, O.N. vaxtr, Swed. växt, O.H.G. wahst growth, increase, Goth …
4au̯eg-, u̯ōg-, aug-, ug- — au̯eg , u̯ōg , aug , ug English meaning: to magnify, increase Deutsche Übersetzung: “vermehren, zunehmen” Note: with s forms au̯ek s , auk s , u̯ek s , uk s Material: O.Ind. ugrá “immense” (compounds Sup. ōjīyas , ōjiṣ̌ṭha “… …
5waist — [14] Waist is something of a mystery word, but it is generally taken to denote etymologically ‘girth to which one has grown’. It is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *wæst, which would have gone back to prehistoric Germanic *wakhs …
