Where does “winnan” come from?
winnan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic winnan, from Proto-Germanic winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.
winnan (Old Saxon): to fight for
Ancestry of “winnan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | winnan | to strive, to struggle |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | winnaną | to swink; to labour, toil; to win, gain |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wenh₁- | to love |
Words derived from “winnan”