Where does “wand” come from?

wand (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *wandu, from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wand (Old Saxon): mole, vole

Definitions

  1. mole, vole

Ancestry of “wand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wandu—
2Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wand”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →