köken: Past participle of avachir (“to soften, make limp”), from Middle French [Term?], from Old French avachir (“to sag”), from Frankish *waikijan (“to soften”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną (“to soften, make pliable, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Old High German weihjan (“to soften”), Old English wǣcan (“to weaken, oppress, trouble”), Old Norse veikja…