English
Wien
Wien comes from German Wien ‘Vienna’, and goes back to Old High German Wienna.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Wienna
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Wiene
- Germanc. 1650–presentWien‘Vienna’
- Englishearliest quotation 1945same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050Wienna
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Wiene
- Germanc. 1650–presentWien‘Vienna’
- Englishearliest quotation 1945same form
Earliest quotation: 1945, Austrian Basic Handbook: “The growth of Wien’s population during the first twelve…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate, divide’
individual, division, wood, device, wide, divide, widow, devise, divisible, fid, 12 more
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German Wienna / Wien