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Where does “hvǫnn” come from?

hvǫnn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hwannō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwenHdʰ-.

hvǫnn (Old Norse): angelica

Definitions

  1. angelica

Ancestry of “hvǫnn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwannōangelica
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱwenHdʰ-—

Words derived from “hvǫnn”

  • hvönn
  • hvonn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwenHdʰ- →