Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound. · A peevish or self-pitying complaint or criticism.
To utter a high-pitched cry. · To make a sound resembling such a cry. · To complain or protest with a whine (compare whinge) or as if with a whine, i.e. in a peevish or self-pitying way. · To move with a whining sound.
From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian Nynorsk kvina, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (for which see dialectal English ween (“to weep, lament”)).
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- Root classification mention*ḱwey-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwhynenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhwīnanang · to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine
- Inherited-form mention*hwīnangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hwīnanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*ḱwey-ine-pro · to hiss, whistle, whisper
- Cognate mentionhvínanon
- Cognate mentionhvínais
- Cognate mentionkvinann
- Cognate mentionvinasv
- Cognate mentionhvineda
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