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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”

  • wound
  • wounds
  • woundeth
  • overwound
  • woundily
  • woundy
  • woundwort
  • wounder
  • underwound
  • woundless
  • woundable
  • woundest
  • woundwood
  • woundlike
  • woundcare
  • woundfin
  • stabwound
  • unwoundable
  • woundability
  • bewound
  • intrawound
  • airwound
  • woundsome
  • vundebla
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