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Where does “vende” come from?

vende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse venda, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

vende (Norwegian Bokmål): to turn; to face

Definitions

  1. to turn; to face

Ancestry of “vende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevenda—
2Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “vende”

  • henvende
  • vendbar
  • vendepunkt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →