Where does “winsi” come from?

winsi (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch wens, from Middle Dutch wensch, from Old Dutch wunsk, from Proto-Germanic wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European wun-.

winsi (Sranan Tongo): wish

Definitions

  1. wish

Ancestry of “winsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwenswish
2Middle Dutchwensch—
3Old Dutchwunsk—
4Proto-Germanicwunskazwish
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwun-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wunskaz →Every word from Old Dutch wunsk →