Where does “wine” come from?

wine (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic wini, from Proto-Germanic winiz, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wine (Old Frisian): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “wine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwinifriend
2Proto-Germanicwinizloved one, friend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic winiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wini →