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Where does “*wundu” come from?

*wundu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic wundō, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

Ancestry of “*wundu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwundōwound
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
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