wynn
English
/wɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wynne (happiness) inherited from Old English wynn (joy, pleasure, delight, desire, rapture, gladness) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (joy, delight, pleasure, lust, desire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wn̥h₁yeh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wn̥h₁yeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wn̥h₁yeh₂, *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- eþelwynn Old English
- leodwynn Old English
- wynful Old English
- wynfæst Old English
- wynleas Old English
- wynlic Old English
- wynn Old English
- wynsum Old English
- winne Middle English
- wynly Middle English
- wynne Middle English
- wynsom Middle English
- yndi Old Norse
- *wunnju gmw-pro
- wunnia Old Saxon