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Where does “wandlon” come from?

wandlon (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wandalōn, from Proto-West Germanic wandōn, from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

wandlon (Old Saxon): to wander, to go; to change

Definitions

  1. to wander, to go; to change

Ancestry of “wandlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwandalōnto waver, change, fluctuate; to wander
2Proto-West Germanicwandōn—
3Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →