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Where does “wrenne” come from?

wrenne (Middle English) comes from Old English wrenna, from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō.

wrenne (Middle English): wren

Definitions

  1. wren

Ancestry of “wrenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwrennawren
2Proto-West Germanic*wrandijō—

Words derived from “wrenne”

  • Wren
  • wren
  • wrenlike
  • fairywren
  • scrubwren
  • grasswren
  • wrenboy
  • rockwren
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