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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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wynn (plural wynns)
- A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, 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.
See also
[edit]Demotic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A metathesized borrowing from the Imperial Aramaic gentilic plural 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍 (ywnyn /*yawnāyīn/, “Greeks”), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, “Ionian”). Compare Jewish Literary Aramaic יַוְנָאִין (yawnāʾīn, “Greeks”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Greek (person)
Descendants
[edit]- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲁⲛⲓⲛ (ouaeianin)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲓⲛ (oueinin)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ (ouainin)
References
[edit]- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 80
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213
- Brugsch, F. Chabas and Eug. Revillout (1911) Revue Égyptologique publiée sous la direction de MM. Vol. XIII, page 107, Paris
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wynn f
- joy, delight
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.- or friendless me would soothe,
allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
how tough is sorrow as a companion,
to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
- or friendless me would soothe,
- the runic character ᚹ
- the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/)
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly occurs in poetry. The normal prose words for "joy" were ġefēa and bliss.
Declension
[edit]Declension of wynn (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
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