wone

wone · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wenh₁-“to strive; wish; love”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wunāną“to be wont; dwell”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wunēn
4. Old English · inherited fromwunian“to dwell, be accustomed to”
5. Middle English · inherited fromwonen“to abide, dwell”
6. English todaywone

From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”).

wone · noun²

1. Old Norse · derived fromván“hope, expectation”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwone
3. English todaywone

From Middle English wone, variant of wane, from Old Norse ván (“hope, expectation”). The senses relating to dwelling-places apparently derive from the sense relating to expectation, i.e. the home as the place one is expected to be; cf. von (“place where one expects to find fish”).

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