Where does “vando” come from?
vando (Esperanto) comes from German wand, from Middle Dutch gewant, from Old Dutch giwant, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
vando (Esperanto): wall
Ancestry of “vando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | wand | first/third-person singular preterite of winden |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gewant | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | giwant | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wenten | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |