ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ
Proto-Norse
Alternative forms
- ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉ (uiniʀ) – alternative spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *winiz.
Noun
ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ /winiz/) m
- friend
- 3rd-5th century, DRBR23 Bracteate Inscription:
- ᚢᛁᚾᛁᛉᛁᚲ
uinizik- winiz ik
- A friend I [am].
- 3rd-5th century, DRBR23 Bracteate Inscription:
Descendants
- Old Norse: vinr
- Icelandic: vinur
- Faroese: vinur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ven, vin
- Old Swedish: vin
- Swedish: vän
- Old Danish: win
- Danish: ven
- Norwegian Bokmål: venn
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: venn
- Norwegian Bokmål: venn
- Danish: ven