wynsum
Old English
adj
Definitions
- joyful, merry
- delightful
Etymology
Inherited from *wunnjusam (joyful) suf from Old English wynn (joy, pleasure, delight, desire, rapture, gladness).
Origin
Old English
wynn
Gloss
joy, pleasure, delight, desire, rapture, gladness
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
快
Emoji
😂 😹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- winsome English
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- eþelwynn Old English
- leodwynn Old English
- unwynsum Old English
- wynful Old English
- wynfæst Old English
- wynleas Old English
- wynlic Old English
- wynn Old English
- wynsumness Old English
- winne Middle English
- winsomnesse Middle English
- wynne Middle English
- wynsom Middle English
- *wunnju gmw-pro
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro