Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love, desire, wish, strive for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwun.jɔː/

Noun

*wunjō f

1. joy, delight, pleasure, lust
2. (Runic alphabet) name of the W-rune (ᚹ)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wunjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wunjō	*wunjôz
vocative	*wunjō	*wunjôz
accusative	*wunjǭ	*wunjōz
genitive	*wunjōz	*wunjǫ̂
dative	*wunjōi	*wunjōmaz
instrumental	*wunjō	*wunjōmiz

Derived terms

• *wunjōsamaz

Descendants

• Old English: wynn; wynsum; wynlīc
  • Middle English: wunne, winne, wen; wunsum, winsom; wunlich, winnelich, winly
    • Scots: win; winsom; wynnly, wynely, winly
    • English: win, winne; winsome; winly
• Old Saxon: wunnia
  • Middle Low German: wunne
    • Low German: Wünn
• Old Dutch: *wunna, *winna (attested in winnemānōth)
  • Middle Dutch: wonne
    • Dutch: wonne; winnemaand
• Old High German: wunnja, wunna, wunnī
  • Middle High German: wunne, wünne
    • German: Wonne
• Old Norse: ynði, yndi (?)
  • Icelandic: yndi
  • Faroese: yndi
  • Norwegian: ynde
  • Danish: ynde