wynn
See also: Wynn
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editwynn (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
editDemotic
editEtymology
editA 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
editNoun
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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wunnju.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwynn 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
editMostly occurs in poetry. The normal prose words for "joy" were ġefēa and bliss.
Declension
editDeclension of wynn (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
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