avachi m (feminine singular avachie, masculine plural avachis, feminine plural avachies)
Past participle of avachir (“to soften, make limp”), from Middle French, from Old French avachir (“to sag”), from Frankish *waikjan (“to soften”), from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną (“to soften, make pliable, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (“soft, pliable; to avoid”). Cognate with Old High German weihjan (“to soften”), Old English wǣcan (“to weaken, oppress, trouble”), Old Norse veikja (“to bow, make feeble, weaken”). More at weak.