vinr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend; loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁is, from the root *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Compare Old English wine, Old Frisian wine, Old Saxon wini, Old High German wini.
Noun edit
vinr m (genitive vinar, plural vinir)
Declension edit
Declension of vinr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Coordinate terms edit
- vina f (“female friend”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: vinur
- Faroese: vinur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ven, vin
- Old Swedish: vin
- Swedish: vän
- Old Danish: win
References edit
- “vinr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press