Where does “wenden” come from?
wenden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wenden, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
Ancestry of “wenden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | wenden | to wend, to turn |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *wandijan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wandijaną | to turn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
Words derived from “wenden”