Where does “wēna” come from?

wēna (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wēna (Old English): hope, weening, expectation

Definitions

  1. hope, weening, expectation

Ancestry of “wēna”, step by step

wēna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wēniz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēnizlikely, to be expected; promising, hopeful; hope,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

via Proto-Germanic wēnǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēnǭhope, expectation
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēniz →