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
Ancestry of “winden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | winden | to turn, to bend; to wring, to twist; to wrap |
| 2 | Old Dutch | windan | to wind, wrap |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | windaną | to wind, to wrap |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
Words derived from “winden”