English

Oswin

Oswin comes from Old English Oswine.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of ōs ‘god, deity’ + wine ‘friend’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- ‘engender, beget’

Proto-Germanic *ansuz ‘god, deity’

Proto-West Germanic *ansu ‘god’

Old English ōs ‘god, deity’

Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- ‘to wish, seek, desire, love, win’

Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-i-s

Proto-Germanic *winiz ‘loved one, friend’

Proto-West Germanic *wini ‘friend’

Old English wine ‘friend’

Every English word from Old English Oswine

name Oswine of Deira, 7th century King of Deira.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.