Where does “wandern” come from?

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

wandern (German): to hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...

Definitions

  1. to hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...

Ancestry of “wandern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwandern—
2Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
3Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

Words derived from “wandern”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →Every word from Old High German wantaron →Every word from Middle High German wandern →