Where does “wenden” come from?

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

wenden (Old Dutch): to wend, to turn

Definitions

  1. to wend, to turn

Ancestry of “wenden”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wenden

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan