whin

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
2. (countable, uncountable) The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

Sinonieme

gorse

whinstone

furze

dyer’s-broom

woadwaxen

woodwaxen

greenweed

dyeweed

Irish gorse

dyer’s greenweed

basalt

Ulex europaeus

Genista tinctoria

trap rock

skylark

trap

🪤

trappide

Vertalings

ajonc

ginestrone

tojo

tojo

argelaga

aulaga

Stechginster

aliaga

ajoncs

gaspeldoorn

ginestrella

Genista tinctoria

ginestra minore

Ulex europaeus

toja

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: whynne

Verwante met Noors: kvein

Verwante met Sweeds: ven

Verwante met Latyn: caenum

Verwante met Latyn: inquīnō

In summary

From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) (compare Norwegian kvein (“bent grass”), Swedish ven (“bent grass”), dialectal hven (“swamp”)), apparently from hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Compare Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”).