Where does “rückwärtsgewandt” come from?
rückwärtsgewandt (German) comes from German gewandt, 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.
rückwärtsgewandt (German): looking backward, facing backward; backward
Definitions
- looking backward, facing backward; backward
Ancestry of “rückwärtsgewandt”, step by step
rückwärtsgewandt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gewandt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gewandt | dexterous, versatile, skilled, smart; eloquent;... |
| 2 | German | wenden | to turn something so as to cook or roast it from... |
| 3 | Middle High German | wenden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wenten | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |