guadaña

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Of Germanic origin; compare Spanish guadañar (“to mow”). Probably from Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”), or derived from guadañar. Cognate with Old High German weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”, whence German weiden), Middle English waith, and Sicilian vadagna. More at gain.