Where does “*windan” come from?
*windan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic windaną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
Ancestry of “*windan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | windaną | to wind, to wrap |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |