Where does “wondren” come from?

wondren (Middle English) comes from Old English wundrian, from Proto-West Germanic wundrōn, from Proto-Germanic wundrōną, from Proto-Germanic wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

wondren (Middle English): to wonder

Definitions

  1. to wonder

Ancestry of “wondren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwundrianto be amazed or astonished, to marvel; to be...
2Proto-West Germanicwundrōnto be amazed
3Proto-Germanicwundrōnąto wonder
4Proto-Germanicwundrąwonder, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundrą →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundrōną →