wen

¦∑¦ we + -n;

∅¦¦ Wunsch, Verlangen, Liebe;

¦⊕¦ verwandt mit Wonne, Wunsch, Gewinn, gewinnen;

¦√¦ uig. *wen;

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Related terms

• *wanjaną
• *wunjō
• *wunô

Descendants

• West Germanic: *wunēn
  • Old English: wunian
    • Middle English: wunien, wunen, wonen
      • English: won, wone
      • Scots: won, wone
  • Old Frisian: wunia, wonia, wenja
    • Saterland Frisian: woonje
    • West Frisian: wenje
  • Old Saxon: wunōn, wonōn
    • Middle Low German: wōnen
      • German Low German: wohnen
      • Low German: wanen
  • Old Dutch: wonon
    • Middle Dutch: wōnen
      • Dutch: wonen
      • Limburgish: woeane, wónne
  • Old High German: wonēn
    • Middle High German: wonen
      • German: wohnen
      • Hunsrik: wohne
• Old Norse: una
  • Icelandic: una
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: una
• Gothic: * (*wunan)
  • ⇒ Gothic: (unwunands)

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From Old High German wonēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

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