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From Middle English wange, from Old English wange(“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *wangô(“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenk-, *wek-(“to be bent or bowed”). Cognate with Scots wan, wang(“cheek”), West Frisian wang(“cheek”), Dutch wang(“cheek”), German Wange(“cheek”), Icelandic vanga(“cheek”), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉( *waggō) in 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃( waggareis, “pillow, cushion”), Italian guancia(“cheek”).

Onomatopoeic. 

Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle(“gadget, doodad”), or from whang(“stour, thick slice", also "thong”), from thwang(“thong”). See thong.


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wang (n.)

"penis," 1933, slang, probably from whangdoodle, an earlier term for "gadget, thing for which the correct name is not known." Many such words (thingy, dingus, etc.) have been used in slang for "penis," not because the actual name was unknown, but because it was unmentionable. Another possibility is that the slang word is a variant of whang "large, thick slice" (1630s), which earlier was used in the sense of "thong" (1530s) and is itself a variant of thwang, an alternative form of thong (see thong). In Old English, wang meant "cheek, jaw," hence wangtoð "cheek-tooth, molar."