Where does “wanderen” come from?

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

wanderen (Luxembourgish): to wander; to hike, to ramble

Definitions

  1. to wander; to hike, to ramble

Ancestry of “wanderen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wanderen”

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