Old English · noun
wine
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwi.ne/
- Syllables
- ˈwi · ne (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- friend
Meaning
-
friend
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From earlier Old English wini, from Proto-West Germanic *wini, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, whence also Old Dutch wini, Old Saxon wini, Old High German wini, Old Norse vinr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).
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