Home
(current)
About
Contact
Search
hwinan
Old English
verb
Definitions
to make a whistling or whizzing sound
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwīnaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
Cognates
*ḱwey-
Proto-Indo-European
*hwīnaną
Proto-Germanic
hwīnan
Old English
hvína
Old Norse
*hwīnan
gmw-pro
Derived Terms
hwīnan