Where does “wund” come from?

wund (Middle English) comes from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic wundō, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

Ancestry of “wund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwundwounded, injured, sore; a wound, an injury
2Proto-West Germanic*wund—
3Proto-Germanicwundōwound
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wund →
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