Where does “utwenden” come from?

utwenden (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wenden, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic wandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

utwenden (Old Dutch): to go outside

Definitions

  1. to go outside

Ancestry of “utwenden”, step by step

utwenden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch wenden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwendento wend, to turn
2Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
3Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Old Dutch ūt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchūtoutside
2Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan →