Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “windan” come from?

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

windan (Old Dutch): to wind, wrap

Definitions

  1. to wind, wrap

Ancestry of “windan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “windan”

  • omwinden
  • winden
  • winden
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →