wynne
Middle English
/ˈwin(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- happiness, pleasure, delight
- The letter ƿ; wynn.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wynn (joy, pleasure, delight, desire, rapture, gladness) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (joy, delight, pleasure, lust, desire) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, *wenh₁-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wn̥h₁yeh₂, *wenh₁-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- winsome English
- wynn English
- *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
- wynlīċ Old English
- wynn Old English
- wynsum Old English
- winne Middle English
- wynly Middle English
- wynsom Middle English
- yndi Old Norse
- *wunnju gmw-pro
- wunnia Old Saxon