wynn

Etymology 1

From Middle English winne, wenne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn-yeH₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).

Noun

wynn (plural wynns)

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, 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.

Etymology 2

Etymology

A metathesized borrowing from the plural Aramaic 𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍‎ (*Yawnayīn), itself from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων (Iā́wōn, “Ionian”) — compare the later Ancient Greek Ῐ̓ᾱ́ων (Iā́ōn), Ἴων (Íōn).

Noun

wynn m

1. Greek (person)

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• wyn, ƿynn, ƿyn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for, wish, desire”). Cognate with Old Saxon wunnia, Old High German wunna (German Wonne). Related to Old English wine (“friend”), wenian (“to accustom, wean”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin Venus, Old Irish fine, Welsh gwen) and Albanian uri (“hunger, desire”) arch. 'uni'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wynn/

Noun

wynn f

1. joy, delight
2. the runic character ᚹ
3. the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/).