Where does “winnan” come from?

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

winnan (Old English): to struggle, suffer, contend

Definitions

  1. to struggle, suffer, contend

Ancestry of “winnan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “winnan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic winnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic winnan →