Where does “wandelen” come from?

wandelen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *wandilon, from Proto-West Germanic wandalōn, from Proto-West Germanic wandōn, from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wandelen (Middle Dutch): to go back and forth; to walk; to wander, to...

Definitions

  1. to go back and forth; to walk; to wander, to...

Ancestry of “wandelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*wandilonto wander
2Proto-West Germanicwandalōnto waver, change, fluctuate; to wander
3Proto-West Germanicwandōnto turn aside, veer
4Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wandelen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wandōn →
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