Where does “wounds” come from?
Wounds comes from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic wundō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂wen-, meaning to strike or hit.
wounds (English): plural of wound; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of wound; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “wounds”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wound | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body |
| 2 | German | wunden | — |
| 3 | Old English | wundian | to wound or injure |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wundōną | to wound |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |