Where does “zonnewende” come from?

zonnewende (Dutch) comes from Dutch wende, from Dutch wenden, from Middle Dutch wenden, from Old Dutch wenden, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

zonnewende (Dutch): solstice

Definitions

  1. solstice

Ancestry of “zonnewende”, step by step

zonnewende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwendeturnaround
2Dutchwendento direct oneself, turn; to come about
3Middle Dutchwenden—
4Old Dutchwendento wend, to turn
5Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
6Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Dutch Zon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZonthe Sun (closest star to the Earth)
2Middle Dutchsonnesun; sunshine, sunlight
3Old Dutchsunnasun; Son
4Proto-West Germanicsunnāsun
5Proto-Germanicsunnǭthe sun
6Proto-Indo-Europeansh̥₂uénsun; the Sun
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “zonnewende”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →