wen-

I. wen-¹

To desire, strive for.

Derivatives include win, wont, wish, venerate, venereal, venom, and venison.

1. Suffixed form *wen-w-. win, from Old English winnan, to win, from Germanic *winn(w)an, to seek to gain.

2. Suffixed zero-grade form *wn̥-yā-. wynn, winsome, from Old English wynn, wen, pleasure, joy, from Germanic *wunjō.

3. Suffixed (stative) zero-grade form *wn̥-ē-, to be contented. won¹, wont, from Old English wunian, to become accustomed to, dwell, from Germanic *wunēn.

4. Suffixed (causative) o-grade form *won-eyo-. wean, from Old English wenian, to accustom, train, wean, from Germanic *wanjan.

5. ween, from Old English wēnan, to expect, imagine, think, from Germanic denominative *wēnjan, to hope, from *wēniz, hope.

6. Suffixed zero-grade form *wn̥-sko-. wish, from Old English wȳscan, to desire, wish, from Germanic *wunsk-.

7. Perhaps o-grade form *won-.

a. Vanir, from Old Norse Vanir, the Vanir;

b. vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadīs, name of the goddess Freya. Both a and b from Germanic *wana-.

8. Suffixed form *wen-es-.

a. venerate, venereal, venery¹, Venus, from Latin venus, love;

b. suffixed form *wen-es-no-. venom, from Latin venēnum, love potion, poison.

9. Possibly suffixed form *wen-eto-, “beloved.” Wend, from Old High German Winid, Wend, from Germanic *Weneda-, a Slavic people.

10. Suffixed form *wen-yā-. venial, from Latin venia, favor, forgiveness.

11. Lengthened-grade form *wēn-ā-. venery², venison, from Latin vēnārī, to hunt.

12. Suffixed basic form *wen-o-. wanderoo, from Sanskrit vanam, forest.

13. Possibly zero-grade suffixed form *wn̥-ig-. banyan, from Sanskrit vaṇik, vāṇijaḥ, merchant (? < “seeking to gain”).

 

[Pokorny 1. u̯en- 1146.]

  II. wen-²

To beat, wound.

1. Suffixed zero-grade form *wn̥-to-. wound¹, from Old English wund, a wound, from Germanic *wundaz.

2. Suffixed o-grade form *won-yo-. wen¹, from Old English wen(n), wæn(n), wen, from Germanic *wanja-, a swelling.

 

[Pokorny u̯en- 1108.]

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