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Where does “wandian” come from?

wandian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wandōn, from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wandian (Old English): to hesitate, delay, flinch; to omit, desist from;...

Definitions

  1. to hesitate, delay, flinch; to omit, desist from;...

Ancestry of “wandian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwandōn—
2Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →