Where does “vándor” come from?

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

vándor (Hungarian): wandering, migrant; wanderer, wayfarer

Definitions

  1. wandering, migrant; wanderer, wayfarer

Ancestry of “vándor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvándorolto wander
2Germanwandernto hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...
3Middle High Germanwandern—
4Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
5Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

Words derived from “vándor”

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