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
Ancestry of “æwnung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | æwnian | to marry, wed |
| 2 | Old English | -nian | suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -inōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -inōną | Creates denominatives from nouns referring to... |