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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”

  • wine
  • won
  • win
  • winning
  • winner
  • Wine
  • Burgundy
  • winnings
  • winery
  • breadwinner
  • Burgundian
  • burgundy
  • winemaking
  • whensoever
  • winemaker
  • winepress
  • winningly
  • wino
  • winnable
  • whenas
  • unwinnable
  • breadwinning
  • prizewinning
  • wineskin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →