Where does “Wand” come from?

Wand (German) comes from Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Wand (German): wall, partition; vertical face of a precipice,...

Definitions

  1. wall, partition; vertical face of a precipice,...

Ancestry of “Wand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwant—
2Old High GermanwantA wall
3Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wanduz →Every word from Old High German want →