Where does “Vendée” come from?

Vendée (French) comes from Gaulish vindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “Vendée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishvindoswhite
2Proto-Celticwindoswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “Vendée”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European windo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic windos →