wyn

See also: Wyn, wŷn, and ŵyn

English

Noun

wyn (plural wyns)

1. Alternative spelling of wynn

Anagrams

• ywn

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wijn, from Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəi̯n/

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Noun

wyn (plural wyne)

1. wine

Derived terms

• brandewyn
• tafelwyn
• wynboer
• wynsteen
• wynstok

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Alternative forms

• win, wine, wyne, wijn, vine, vyn, vyne, wyen, weyn, wynne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːn/

Noun

wyn (plural wynes)

1. wine (in food, cooking, medicine, the Eucharist, etc.)

Related terms

• vyne-tre
• winberie
• wyndrawer
• wyndronken
• wyny

Descendants

• English: wine (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: wyne

References

• “wīn(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

wyn (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Adjective

wyn (plural and weak singular wynne)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happy”)

Etymology 3

Verb

wyn

1. Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

Etymology 4

Noun

wyn

1. Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /wɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /wɪn/

Adjective

wyn

1. Soft mutation of gwyn (“white”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwyn	wyn	ngwyn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-West Germanic *wind.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

1. wind

Derived terms

• wynmûne

Further reading

• “wyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

1. wine

Derived terms

• wynmoanne

Further reading

• “wyn (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011