Where does “wintan” come from?

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

wintan (Old High German): to wind, to wrap

Definitions

  1. to wind, to wrap

Ancestry of “wintan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wintan”

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