whynne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• qwynne, wynne, qwyne, whyn

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, borrowed from Old Norse hvein (the source of modern Swedish ven (“bentgrass”)), from Proto-Germanic *hwin-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoi-no-, referring to its tall, sharp stalks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hwin/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /win/, /xwin/

Noun

whynne (plural whynnes)

1. Gorse or a similar plant.

Descendants

• English: whin
• Scots: whin

References

• “whin, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.