Given name
Eþelwine
“homeland, patrimony”·“friend”
Eþelwine is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eþelwine is built from elements meaning “homeland, patrimony” and “friend”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Ōþilawini, built from Proto-West Germanic *ōþil (“homeland, patrimony”) + *wini (“friend”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Eþelwine’s family of names
In Old English usage, Eþelwine has a related form in ᛖᚦᛖᛚᚹᛁᚾᛁ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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