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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Gaulish | vindos | white |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “Vendée”