whin
English
/wɪn/, /ʍɪn/
noun
Definitions
- Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
- The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whynne derived from Old Norse hvein (gorse, furze) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwainō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (mud, soil, filth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱʷeyn-
Gloss
mud, soil, filth
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
泥
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berry English
- chat English
- mill English
- petty English
- pettywhin English
- whinberry English
- whinchat English
- whinmill English
- vainio Finnish
- *caenica Latin
- *caenicō Latin
- Luvanium Latin
- caenulentus Latin
- caenum Latin
- cunio Latin
- obscenus Latin
- vena Latin
- cieno Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱweyn- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱʷeyn- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwainō Proto-Germanic
- *hwin- Proto-Germanic
- hålven Swedish
- ven Swedish
- whynne Middle English
- hvein Old Norse