wynn
See also: Wynn
English edit
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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”).
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Noun edit
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.
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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”).
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- 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 edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.
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Noun edit
wynn f
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)