Where does “winden” come from?

winden (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch winden, from Old Dutch windan, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

winden (Dutch): to wind

Definitions

  1. to wind

Ancestry of “winden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwindento turn, to bend; to wring, to twist; to wrap
2Old Dutchwindanto wind, wrap
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “winden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →
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