Where does “Wendung” come from?

Wendung (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.

Wendung (German): turn; expression, phrase

Definitions

  1. turn; expression, phrase

Ancestry of “Wendung”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Wendung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan →