ween
English
/wiːn/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Doubt; conjecture.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wene inherited from Old English wēn inherited from Proto-Germanic *wēniz derived from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wen-
Gloss
desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misween English
- overween English
- overweener English
- overweening English
- underween English
- underweening English
- Größenwahn German
- Kontrollwahn German
- Rinderwahn German
- Wahn German
- Wahnvorstellung German
- wahnhaft German
- wähnen German
- argwaan Dutch, Flemish
- waan Dutch, Flemish
- waanbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- waanzin Dutch, Flemish
- waanzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- wen Old English
- wēn Old English
- overwenen, overwēnen Middle English
- wene Middle English
- ván Old Norse
- ón Old Norse
- waen Middle Dutch
- wâen Middle Dutch
- waan Afrikaans
- wænen Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *wān Old Dutch
- wān Old Dutch
- *wan- Proto-Indo-Iranian