English Explanatory Dictionary

wynn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
name
  1. A surname from Welsh.
  2. A unisex given name.

Pronunciation

/wɪn/ en-us-win.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-win.wav

Word forms

wynn wynns wen win

Etymology

From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”) (runes were named using words beginning with their sound), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).

Related words

eth edh eð ð thorn þorn þ
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