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Middle English
Etymology
Of North Germanic origin, borrowed from Old Norse hvein (the source of modern Swedish ven (“bentgrass”)), from Proto-Germanic *hwin-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoi-no-, referring to its tall, sharp stalks.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
whynne (plural whynnes)
- Gorse or a similar plant.
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “hwaino”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261