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Where does “wann” come from?

wann (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wannaz — dark, swart.

wann (Old English): dark; first-person singular preterite of winnan;...

Definitions

  1. dark; first-person singular preterite of winnan;...

Ancestry of “wann”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwannazdark, swart

Words derived from “wann”

  • wan
  • wanly
  • wanned
  • wanness
  • wannish
  • wan
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