Where does “Nordwand” come from?

Nordwand (German) comes from German wand, from Middle Dutch gewant, from Old Dutch giwant, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Nordwand (German): northern wall/face

Definitions

  1. northern wall/face

Ancestry of “Nordwand”, step by step

Nordwand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwandfirst/third-person singular preterite of winden
2Middle Dutchgewant—
3Old Dutchgiwant—
4Old High Germanwentento turn
5Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
6Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via German nord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannordthe north (used without article; a short form of Norden)
2Middle High Germannort—
3Old High Germannordnorth
4Proto-West Germanic*norþrnorthern, northernly
5Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
6Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

Words derived from “Nordwand”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →
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