Where does “bewandert” come from?

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

bewandert (German): knowledgeable, skilled, adept

Definitions

  1. knowledgeable, skilled, adept

Ancestry of “bewandert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbewandernto explore by hiking
2Germanwandernto hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...
3Middle High Germanwandern—
4Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
5Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →
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