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Where does “bant” come from?

bant (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

bant (Cimbrian): wall, partition; twelve fathoms

Definitions

  1. wall, partition; twelve fathoms

Ancestry of “bant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwant—
2Old High GermanwantA wall
3Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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