Where does “Wendehals” come from?

Wendehals (German) comes 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.

Wendehals (German): The Eurasian wryneck; An opportunist, a person...

Definitions

  1. The Eurasian wryneck; An opportunist, a person...

Ancestry of “Wendehals”, step by step

Wendehals traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wenden

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

via German hals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhalsneck
2Middle High Germanhals—
3Old High Germanhalsneck
4Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
5Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

Words derived from “Wendehals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →