wyn

See also: Wyn, wŷn, and ŵyn

Translingual

Symbol

wyn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wyandot.

English

Noun

wyn (plural wyns)

1. Alternative spelling of wynn.

Anagrams

• ywn

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

• brandewyn
• tafelwyn
• wynboer
• wynsteen
• wynstok

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• vine, vyn, vyne, weyn, wijn, win, wine, wyen, wyne, wynne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːn/

Noun

wyn (plural wynes)

1. wine (in food, cooking, medicine, the Eucharist, etc.)

Related terms

• winberie
• wyndrawer
• wyndronken
• wyntre
• wyny

Descendants

• English: wine (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: wyne
  • Scots: wine

References

• “wīn(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

wyn

1. alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Adjective

wyn

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 vyne (“grapevine”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wyn/

Noun

wyn f

1. alternative spelling of wynn

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wyn	—
accusative	wyne	—
genitive	wyne	—
dative	wyne	—

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /wɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /wɪn/

Adjective

wyn

1. soft mutation of gwyn (“white”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwyn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwyn	wyn	ngwyn	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

• wynmûne

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

• wynmoanne

Further reading

• “wyn (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011