*wēniz¹

Runic: ᚹᛖᚾᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɛː.niz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

  1. hope, expectation
  2. belief

Etymology

Likely nominalized from the adjective, though Kroonen and Orel consider the noun to be the original form.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wēnizwēnīz
Acc.wēnįwēninz
Gen.wēnīzwēnijǫ̂
Dat.wēnīwēnimaz
Inst.wēnīwēnimiz
Voc.wēniwēnīz

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Descendants

  • *wāni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wēn (Old Frisian)
    • wān (Old Saxon)
  • *wāni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wān (Old Dutch)
      • wâen (Middle Dutch)
        • waan (Limburgish)
  • *wāni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wān (Old Dutch)
      • wâen (Middle Dutch)
        • waan (Dutch)
          • waan (Afrikaans)
  • *wāni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wēn (Old English)
      • wene, wen (Middle English)
        • ween (English)
        • wen, wene (Scots)
  • *wāni (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wān (Old High German)
      • wān (Middle High German)
        • Wahn (German)
        • Woun (Luxembourgish)
  • ván (Old Norse)
    • vón (Faroese)
    • von (Icelandic)
    • von (Norwegian)
    • wān (Old Danish)
  • ván (Old Norse)
    • iwon, wane, wone (Middle English)
      • wone (English)
  • ván (Old Norse)
    • vān (Old Swedish)
      • vån (Swedish)
  • vǫ́n (Old Norse)
    • vón (Faroese)
    • von (Icelandic)
    • von (Norwegian)
    • wān (Old Danish)
  • vǫ́n (Old Norse)
    • iwon, wane, wone (Middle English)
      • wone (English)
  • vǫ́n (Old Norse)
    • vān (Old Swedish)
      • vån (Swedish)
  • vón (Old Norse)
    • vón (Faroese)
    • von (Icelandic)
    • von (Norwegian)
    • wān (Old Danish)
  • vón (Old Norse)
    • iwon, wane, wone (Middle English)
      • wone (English)
  • vón (Old Norse)
    • vān (Old Swedish)
      • vån (Swedish)
  • ón (Old Norse)
    • vón (Faroese)
    • von (Icelandic)
    • von (Norwegian)
    • wān (Old Danish)
  • ón (Old Norse)
    • iwon, wane, wone (Middle English)
      • wone (English)
  • ón (Old Norse)
    • vān (Old Swedish)
      • vån (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 (wēns) (Gothic)

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