Where does “winn” come from?

winn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic winnan, from Proto-Germanic winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

winn (Old English): contention, war; toil, labor, trouble, hardship;...

Definitions

  1. contention, war; toil, labor, trouble, hardship;...

Ancestry of “winn”, step by step

winn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic winnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwinnanto strive, to struggle
2Proto-Germanicwinnanąto swink; to labour, toil; to win, gain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

via Proto-Germanic winną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwinnąlabour, struggle, fight

Words derived from “winn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →