Where does “wantrouwend” come from?

wantrouwend (Dutch) comes from Dutch wan, from Middle Dutch wan.

wantrouwend (Dutch): suspicious

Definitions

  1. suspicious

Ancestry of “wantrouwend”, step by step

wantrouwend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwanwinnowing basket
2Middle Dutchwan—

via Dutch trouwend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtrouwend
Every word from Middle Dutch wan →Every word from Dutch wan →