Where does “trendan” come from?

trendan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic trandijaną — to revolve, spin.

trendan (Old English): to roll about, turn, revolve

Definitions

  1. to roll about, turn, revolve

Ancestry of “trendan”, step by step

trendan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic trandijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrandijanąto revolve, spin

via Proto-Germanic *trandijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*trandijan

Words derived from “trendan

Every word from Proto-Germanic trandijaną