Where does “wenken” come from?

wenken (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wankijaną, from Proto-Indo-European weng- — to bend, bow, arch, curve; to bow, be bent; to...

Ancestry of “wenken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwankijanąto sway; to sway; waver
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweng-to bend, bow, arch, curve; to bow, be bent; to...

Words derived from “wenken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wankijaną →