Where does “Redewendung” come from?

Redewendung (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.

Redewendung (German): expression, figure of speech, idiom, phrase, turn of phrase

Definitions

  1. expression, figure of speech, idiom, phrase, turn of phrase

Ancestry of “Redewendung”, step by step

Redewendung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wendung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWendungturn; expression, phrase
2Germanwendento turn something so as to cook or roast it from...
3Middle High Germanwenden—
4Old High Germanwentento turn
5Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
6Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via German rēde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrēdespeech, address
2Middle High Germanrede—
3Old High Germanredia—
4Proto-Germanicraþjǭaccount, reasoning
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan →