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Where does “bendan” come from?

bendan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic bandijan, from Proto-Germanic bandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

bendan (Old English): to bind; to bend a bow

Definitions

  1. to bind; to bend a bow

Ancestry of “bendan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbandijanto bind
2Proto-GermanicbandijanąTo bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “bendan”

  • bent
  • bending
  • bend
  • Bender
  • unbending
  • bender
  • bentgrass
  • bendy
  • bendable
  • bentwood
  • hellbent
  • unbendable
  • bendeth
  • unbendingly
  • downbent
  • bendability
  • backbend
  • genderbending
  • bendest
  • benty
  • bendlet
  • hellbender
  • bendingly
  • overbend
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