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Where does “wenteth” come from?

wenteth (English) comes from English went, from English wend, from Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wenteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “wenteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwentsimple past tense of go; past participle of go;...
2EnglishwendTo turn; change; To direct ; pursue one's way;...
3Middle Englishwendento travel; to go
4Old Englishwendanto turn or change position; to change direction;...
5Proto-West Germanic*wandijan—
6Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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