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Where does “wunskia” come from?

wunskia (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic wunskijaną, from Proto-Germanic wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European wun-.

Ancestry of “wunskia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwunskijanto wish, to desire
2Proto-Germanicwunskijanąto wish, to desire
3Proto-Germanicwunskazwish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwun-—

Words derived from “wunskia”

  • winskje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wun- →