Where does “bend” come from?

bend (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

bend (Old English): bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament,...

Definitions

  1. bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament,...

Ancestry of “bend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbandizband
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “bend”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bandiz →