Where does “Wendungszelle” come from?

Wendungszelle (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.

Wendungszelle (German): Any of a disc-shaped group of hyaline cells (or a single cell) at the base of the oosphere in Characeae

Definitions

  1. Any of a disc-shaped group of hyaline cells (or a single cell) at the base of the oosphere in Characeae

Ancestry of “Wendungszelle”, step by step

Wendungszelle 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 Zelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZellecell
2Old High Germanzellachamber
3Latincellaa small room, a hut, storeroom; a barn, granary;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan