Where does “wynsum” come from?

wynsum (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wunnjusam, from Proto-West Germanic wunnju, from Proto-Germanic wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European wn̥h₁yeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wynsum (Old English): pleasant; joyful

Definitions

  1. pleasant; joyful

Ancestry of “wynsum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwunnjusamjoyful, delightful
2Proto-West Germanicwunnjujoy
3Proto-Germanicwunjōjoy, delight, pleasure, lust; name of the W-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwn̥h₁yeh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wynsum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wn̥h₁yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wunjō →