Where does “winnen” come from?

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

winnen (Middle English): to exert effort, strive for; to fight against,...

Definitions

  1. to exert effort, strive for; to fight against,...

Ancestry of “winnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwinnanto struggle, suffer, contend
2Proto-West Germanicwinnanto strive, to struggle
3Proto-Germanicwinnanąto swink; to labour, toil; to win, gain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “winnen”

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