Where does “Gewinde” come from?

Gewinde (German) comes from German winden, from Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Gewinde (German): thread

Definitions

  1. thread

Ancestry of “Gewinde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwindento wind; to twist; to twirl; to squirm; to writhe
2Middle High Germanwinden—
3Old High Germanwintanto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “Gewinde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →