Where does “wonders” come from?

wonders (Middle English) comes from Old English wundres, from Old English wundor, from Proto-West Germanic wundr, from Proto-Germanic wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wonders (Middle English): wondrous, wonderful

Definitions

  1. wondrous, wonderful

Ancestry of “wonders”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwundresof wonder
2Old Englishwundormiracle, wonder, marvel
3Proto-West Germanicwundrmarvel, wonder
4Proto-Germanicwundrąwonder, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wonders”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wundr →
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