Where does “gewendan” come from?

gewendan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gewendan (Old English): to change, turn; to translate, incline, bring...

Definitions

  1. to change, turn; to translate, incline, bring...

Ancestry of “gewendan”, step by step

gewendan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English wendan

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 -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →