iwon

Middle English

noun

Definitions

hope
opportunity, resource
luck, fortune
property
force

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse ván (hope, expectation) derived from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wēniz

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*wen- Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
*wēniz Proto-Germanic
von Norwegian Nynorsk
wen Old English
wēn Old English
ván Old Norse
ón Old Norse
von Icelandic
vón Faroese
𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 Gothic
*wān Old Dutch
wān Old Dutch
von Westrobothnian
uon Elfdalian