Where does “winding” come from?

Winding derives from Middle English -ing, Old English -ing, and Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁-, originally meaning to turn or bend.

winding (English): present participle of wind; Something wound...

Definitions

  1. present participle of wind; Something wound...

Ancestry of “winding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwinden—
2Old Englishwindanto twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
3Proto-West Germanic*windan—
4Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “winding”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic windaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *windan →