wyn

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See also: Wyn, wŷn, and ŵyn

English

Noun

wyn (plural wyns)

  1. Alternative spelling of wynn

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wijn, from Middle Dutch wijn, from Old Dutch wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəi̯n/
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Noun

wyn (plural wyne)

  1. wine

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

wyn (plural wynes)

  1. wine (in food, cooking, medicine, the Eucharist, etc.)
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: wine (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: wyne
References

Etymology 2

Noun

wyn (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Adjective

wyn (plural and weak singular wynne)

  1. Alternative form of wynne (“happy”)

Etymology 3

Verb

wyn

  1. Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

Etymology 4

Noun

wyn

  1. Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

wyn

  1. Soft mutation of gwyn (“white”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwyn wyn ngwyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-West Germanic *wind.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

  1. wind
Derived terms
Further reading
  • “wyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

wyn c (plural winen, diminutive wyntsje)

  1. wine
Derived terms
Further reading
  • “wyn (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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