Where does “burgundy” come from?
I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice it contains a problematic loop: "English wine | English wind | English wine | English wind | English wine | English wind"
This circular alternation between "wine" and "wind" doesn't represent a coherent etymological chain. A valid etymology requires a linear progression through languages showing how a word's form and meaning developed over time.
Without a valid chain to work from, I cannot write an accurate one-sentence origin summary. To proceed, I would need:
1. A clarification of the actual etymological path (the loop should resolve to a single chain)
2. Confirmation of which language is actually the source
3. The correct spellings and meanings at each stage
Could you provide a corrected chain? The entry should trace from English Burgundy backwards through Late Latin Burgundia to wherever that ultimately derives from—without circular repetitions.
burgundy (English): Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy; A dark...
Definitions
- Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy; A dark...
Ancestry of “burgundy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Burgundy | A variety of red wine from this region; A variety... |
| 2 | English | Burgundy wine | — |
| 3 | English | wine | An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the... |
| 4 | Middle English | wyn | wine; Alternative form of wynne; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old English | wīn | wine, vine |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wīn | wine |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīną | wine |
| 8 | Latin | vīnum | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wīnom | wine |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyh₁nom | wine; vine, wine |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |