Where does “wensch” come from?

wensch (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wunsk, from Proto-Germanic wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European wun-.

Ancestry of “wensch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwunsk—
2Proto-Germanicwunskazwish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwun-—

Words derived from “wensch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wunskaz →Every word from Old Dutch wunsk →