Word Origin Summary

Win is attested in Torres Strait Creole. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *windProto-West Germanicinherited from
2. windanEnglishinherited from
3. wyndMiddle Englishinherited from
4. *windanProto-West Germanicinherited from
5. windEnglishinherited from
6. wyndenMiddle Englishinherited from
7. *windanąProto-West Germanicinherited from
8. *windazProto-West Germanicinherited from

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