Where does “winden” come from?

winden (Middle English) comes from Old English windan, from Proto-West Germanic *windan, from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Ancestry of “winden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwindanto twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
2Proto-West Germanic*windan—
3Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “winden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic windaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *windan →