Wordwyrt

whim

/ˈwɪm/WIM
/ˈwɪm/WIM

Meaninggiddiness

Common meaning: a sudden fancy

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)vim‘giddiness, folly’source
  2. Norwegianmeaning shiftsgiddiness, folly → to flutter about, triflekvima‘to flutter about, trifle’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto flutter about, trifle → a sudden fancywhim‘a sudden fancy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) vim ‘giddiness’.

Roots

  • vim Old Norse (Icelandic) “giddiness”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app