Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunnju

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunjō.

Noun

*wunnju f^[1]

joy

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wunnju
Genitive	*wunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wunnju	*wunnjō
Accusative	*wunnjā	*wunnjā
Genitive	*wunnjā	*wunnjō
Dative	*wunnjē	wunnjōm, wunnjum
Instrumental	*wunnju	wunnjōm, wunnjum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: wynn, wyn
- Middle English: wynne, wunne, winne
  - English: wynn, wen, winne, win
  - Scots: win
Old Saxon: wunnia
- Middle Low German: wunne
  - Low German: Wünn
Old Dutch: wunna
- Middle Dutch: wonne, wunne
  - Dutch: wonne (obsolete)
Old High German: wunnja, wunna, wunnī
- Middle High German: wunne, wünne
  - German: Wonne

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *wunʲnʲu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *wunʲnʲu”

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