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YOUR correspondent, Mr. W. R. Bell, will find a derivation given for “Whin” in Jamieson's “Scottish Dictionary,” where, under the name Quhyn or Quhin, it is referred to the “Islandic hwijna, resonare,” “hwin, resonans, q. the resounding stone,” probably from the resonance emitted on its being struck. It is in all likelihood the same as the word whine, and the root is present in both Celtic and Teutonic tongues, e.g.:—
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DE CHAUMONT, F. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 5, 399 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005399d0
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