Where does “wand” come from?

Wand comes from Middle English wand, from Old Norse vǫndr, from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-.

wand (English): A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing...

Definitions

  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing...

Ancestry of “wand”, step by step

wand traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwandwall; face
2Middle Dutchwantbecause, for; A glove, mitten
3Old Dutchwantwall
4Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
5Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Middle English wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwand—
2Old Norsevǫndrwand, switch, twig; stripe; wicker, wattle
3Norwegian Nynorskvindeto wind; inflection of vind: ## definite...
4Old Norsevindato twist, wring, squeeze, wind; to wind, hoist;...
5Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap

via German wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwandfirst/third-person singular preterite of winden
2Middle High Germanwant—
3Old High GermanwantA wall

Words derived from “wand”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →
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