Where does “want” come from?

want (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

want (Old High German): A wall

Definitions

  1. A wall

Ancestry of “want”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “want”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wanduz →