Where does “Wende” come from?

Wende (German) comes from Middle High German winde, from Old High German winda, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Wende (German): turn; turnaround; tacking

Definitions

  1. turn; turnaround; tacking

Ancestry of “Wende”, step by step

Wende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German winde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwinde—
2Old High Germanwindawinch
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Proto-Germanic winidaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicwinidazWend, Slav
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “Wende”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →