Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wynn

/wɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: wynn
IPA: /wɪn/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

name

A surname from Welsh.

name

A unisex given name.

Example Sentences

"The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wynne, wynn, *wunnju, *wunjō, *wn̥h₁yeh₂, -

Inflected Forms

wynns (plural) wen (alternative, obsolete) win (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

eth edh eð ð thorn þorn þ

Homonyms

win winne when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger) whin

Rhymes With

been within win win-win skin begin thin min spin berlin sin twin

Questions

How do you pronounce wynn?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɪn/.
What does wynn mean?: 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.
Where does wynn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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