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Originally Posted by Koir
It may have been spelled that way centuries ago when Middle English was the type spoken in English-speaking countries in Europe, though I am not entirely sure.
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I checked my etymology dictionary and it says that 'One' was originally pronounced like the 'on' part of 'only' or 'un' but the now-standard pronunciation "wun" began c.14c. in southwest and west England (Tyndale, a Gloucester man, spells it 'won' in his Bible translation).
There was nothing interesting about 'win', but in my medieval english dictionary it lists three 'wones' as a completely different words meaning "as accustomed to doing"; "a dwelling" and "an abundance"