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
Ancestry of “zonnewende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | wende | turnaround |
| 2 | Dutch | wenden | to direct oneself, turn; to come about |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wenden | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wenden | to wend, to turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
Words derived from “zonnewende”