Etymology

, from Common *wunjō, from , derived from *wen- ("desire").

Noun

1. a letter of the Old English alphabet, 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.

Etymology

From West Germanic *wunjō-, from Indo-European *wen-, *wenə- ‘strive for, wish, desire’. Cognate with Old Saxon wunnia, Old High German wunna (German Wonne). Related to Old English wine, wenian. The IE root is also the source of Latin venus, Celtic *wenja- (Old Irish fine, Welsh gwen).

Noun

wynn f (acc wynn or wynne)

1. joy, delight
2. the runic character
3. the letter wynn: Ƿ, ƿ (/w/).