Where does “wund” come from?

wund (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wund, from Proto-Germanic wundō, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

wund (Old English): wounded, injured, sore; a wound, an injury

Definitions

  1. wounded, injured, sore; a wound, an injury

Ancestry of “wund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wund—
2Proto-Germanicwundōwound
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

Words derived from “wund”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wundō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wund →