Where does “winn” come from?

winn (Middle English) comes from Old English winn, from Proto-West Germanic winnan, from Proto-Germanic winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

winn (Middle English): Alternative form of win

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of win

Ancestry of “winn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwinncontention, war; toil, labor, trouble, hardship;...
2Proto-West Germanicwinnanto strive, to struggle
3Proto-Germanicwinnanąto swink; to labour, toil; to win, gain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →
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