Where does “wand” come from?
wand (German) comes from Middle Dutch gewant, from Old Dutch giwant, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
wand (German): first/third-person singular preterite of winden
Definitions
- first/third-person singular preterite of winden
Ancestry of “wand”, step by step