Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-ih₂ ~ wn̥h₁-yéh₂-s, from *wenh₁- (“to love”) +‎ *-ih₂. Cognate with Latin venia (“indulgence, kindness”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwun.jɔː/

Noun

*wunjō f

  1. joy, delight, pleasure, lust
  2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚹ (w)

Inflection

Declension of *wunjō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wunjō *wunjôz
vocative *wunjō *wunjôz
accusative *wunjǭ *wunjōz
genitive *wunjōz *wunjǫ̂
dative *wunjōi *wunjōmaz
instrumental *wunjō *wunjōmiz

Derived terms

  • *wunjōsamaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wunnju
    • Old English: wynn, wyn
      • Middle English: wynne, wunne, winne
    • Old Saxon: wunnia
      • Middle Low German: wunne
        • Low German: Wünn
    • Old Dutch: wunna
      • Middle Dutch: wonne, wunne
        • Dutch: wonne (obsolete ca. 1700, later revived in Belgium)
    • Old High German: wunnja, wunna, wunnī
  • ⇒? Old Norse: yndi n, ynði (etymologically intermixed with unna, una; compare Swedish lineage)
    • Icelandic: yndi n
    • Middle Norwegian: ynde n
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ynde n
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ynde n
    • Old Danish: ynde
    • Old Swedish: ynni n
      • Swedish: ynne n (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Swedish: ynneligen (obsolete)
    • ⇒? Old East Norse: *yndist, *ynnist (intermixed with unna, compare unnasta)
      • Old Danish: yndest
        • Danish: yndest
      • Old Swedish: ynnist
  • ⇒? Old Norse: unað n

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*wunjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
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