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Where does “vinda” come from?

vinda (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse vinda, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

vinda (Icelandic): to wind; to wring; to twist

Definitions

  1. to wind; to wring; to twist

Ancestry of “vinda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevindato twist, wring, squeeze, wind; to wind, hoist;...
2Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “vinda”

  • vindill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →