The story
- Old English · inherited fromhwēne
- Middle English · inherited from*wheen
- English todaywheen
From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.