Where does “wondrous” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wondrous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwonderswondrous, wonderful
2Old Englishwundresof wonder
3Old Englishwundormiracle, wonder, marvel
4Proto-West Germanicwundrmarvel, wonder
5Proto-Germanicwundrąwonder, miracle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “wondrous”

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