Where does “winda” come from?

winda (Kashubian) comes from German winde, from Middle High German winde, from Old High German winda, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

winda (Kashubian): elevator, lift

Definitions

  1. elevator, lift

Ancestry of “winda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwindeinflection of winden: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwinde—
3Old High Germanwindawinch
4Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic windaną →Every word from Old High German winda →