Where does “æwnung” come from?

æwnung (Old English) comes from Old English æwnian, from Old English -nian, from Proto-West Germanic -inōn, from Proto-Germanic -inōną — Creates denominatives from nouns referring to...

æwnung (Old English): wedlock

Definitions

  1. wedlock

Ancestry of “æwnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæwnianto marry, wed
2Old English-niansuffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form...
3Proto-West Germanic-inōn—
4Proto-Germanic-inōnąCreates denominatives from nouns referring to...
Every word from Proto-Germanic -inōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -inōn →Every word from Old English -nian →