Where does “windan” come from?

windan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

windan (Old Saxon): to wind

Definitions

  1. to wind

Ancestry of “windan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “windan”

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