Wimper
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See also: wimper
German
Etymology
From Middle High German winbrā, wintprā, variants of Middle High German wintbrā, wintbrāwe, from Old High German wintbrāwa, from wint + brāwa; see Braue for the second component. It has been theorised that the first component may be cognate with Old Prussian wanso (“first hairs on the face”) and thence with Russian усы (usy, “moustache”), as well as Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “downy hair”) and Middle Irish find (“hair”), all from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, to turn”), with "hair" being derived from the original "winding up and down" meaning. Cognate with Dutch wimper (“eyelash”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Wimper f (genitive Wimper, plural Wimpern)
Declension
Declension of Wimper
Derived terms
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brēwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76: “Du. wimper 'eyelash' < *winda-brēwō- (for the first element, cf. Gr. ἴονθος m. 'young, downy hair' < *ui-uondʰ-o-)”
Further reading
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Pronunciation
Noun
Wimper f (plural Wimpre)