Where does “bewandern” come from?

bewandern (German) comes from German wandern, from Middle High German wandern, from Old High German wantaron, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.

bewandern (German): to explore by hiking

Definitions

  1. to explore by hiking

Ancestry of “bewandern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwandernto hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...
2Middle High Germanwandern
3Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
4Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

Words derived from “bewandern

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn