wyn

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

  • IPA(key): /wiːn/

Noun

wyn (plural wynes)

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

Noun

wyn (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wynne (happiness)

Adjective

wyn (plural and weak singular wynne)

  1. Alternative form of wynne (happy)

Verb

wyn

  1. Alternative form of winnen (to win)

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

  • IPA(key): /vin/

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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