Where does “edwendan” come from?

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

edwendan (Old English): to return

Definitions

  1. to return

Ancestry of “edwendan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwendanto turn or change position; to change direction;...
2Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
3Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →