Where does “*wāni” come from?

*wāni (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

*wāni (Proto-West Germanic): hope, expectation

Definitions

  1. hope, expectation

Ancestry of “*wāni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēnizlikely, to be expected; promising, hopeful; hope,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “*wāni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēniz →