dwine

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰwey-“to slip away, dwindle, die”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dwīnaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dwīnan
4. Old English · inherited fromdwīnan
5. Middle English · inherited fromdwynen
6. English todaydwine

From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.

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