Where does “bend” come from?

bend (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Ancestry of “bend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbandizband
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bandiz →