Where does “vǫttr” come from?

vǫttr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

vǫttr (Old Norse): glove, mitten

Definitions

  1. glove, mitten

Ancestry of “vǫttr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “vǫttr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →