Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “wandon” come from?

wandon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Ancestry of “wandon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wandon”

  • wanden
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