Where does “wendan” come from?

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

wendan (Old English): to turn or change position; to change direction;...

Definitions

  1. to turn or change position; to change direction;...

Ancestry of “wendan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
2Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wendan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wandijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan →