Where does “Kehrtwendung” come from?
Kehrtwendung (German) comes from German Wendung, from German wenden, from Middle High German wenden, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
Kehrtwendung (German): U-turn (semi-circular turn)
Definitions
- U-turn (semi-circular turn)
Ancestry of “Kehrtwendung”, step by step
Kehrtwendung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wendung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wendung | turn; expression, phrase |
| 2 | German | wenden | to turn something so as to cook or roast it from... |
| 3 | Middle High German | wenden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wenten | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |