Where does “wonder” come from?

wonder (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wundar, from Proto-Germanic wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

Ancestry of “wonder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwundar—
2Proto-Germanicwundrąwonder, miracle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wonder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →
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