Where does “wanden” come from?

wanden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wandon, from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wanden (Middle Dutch): to travel

Definitions

  1. to travel

Ancestry of “wanden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwandon—
2Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandōną →Every word from Old Dutch wandon →