*winiz

Runic: ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwi.niz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

loved one, friend

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-i-s, an i-stem nominal formation from *wenh₁- (‘to wish, seek, desire, love, win’). Cognate with Latin Venus (‘love, beauty, grace, charm’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.winizwinīz
Acc.winįwininz
Gen.winīzwinjǫ̂
Dat.winīwinimaz
Inst.winīwinimiz
Voc.winiwinīz

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Descendants

  • *wini (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wini (Old Dutch)
    • wini (Old Saxon)
  • *wini (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wine (Old English)
      • wine (Middle English)
        • ? (English)
  • *wini (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wine (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
  • *wini (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wini (Old High German)
      • wine, win (Middle High German)
  • ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • vinur (Faroese)
      • vinur (Icelandic)
  • ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • ven, vin (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • væn, ven, venn (Russenorsk)
  • ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • win (Old Danish)
        • ven (Danish)
          • venn (Norwegian Bokmål)
            • venn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • vin (Old Swedish)
        • vän (Swedish)
  • ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉ (uiniʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • vinur (Faroese)
      • vinur (Icelandic)
  • ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉ (uiniʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • ven, vin (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • væn, ven, venn (Russenorsk)
  • ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉ (uiniʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • win (Old Danish)
        • ven (Danish)
          • venn (Norwegian Bokmål)
            • venn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉ (uiniʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vinr (Old Norse)
      • vin (Old Swedish)
        • vän (Swedish)
  • 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍃 (batwins) (Gothic)

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