wynn
/wɪn/
wynn noun: a letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
Noun
wynn (plural wynns)
- A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
- The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175
Proper noun capitalized: Wynn
Wynn (plural Wynns)
- A surname from Welsh.
- A unisex given name.
Forms of wynn
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wynns |
| alternative form | win |
| alternative form (obsolete) | wen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wynns |
Origin of wynn
From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”) (runes were named using words beginning with their sound), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥h₁yeh₂, from *wenh₁- (“desire, wish, love”).
From the Welsh surname, from the name Gwyn. Also spelled as Wynne. Doublet of Gwynne.
Words that rhyme with wynn
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- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about wynn
- What does wynn mean?
- Wynn means a letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.
- What part of speech is wynn?
- Wynn can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wynn?
- Wynn is pronounced /wɪn/.
- What is the plural of wynn?
- The plural of wynn is wynns.
Words near wynn in the dictionary
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