Etymology

Wendt

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

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The story

German and Danish surname, from Wende, the German name for Slavic people (particularly Sorbs and Kashubs) from the borders of Germany and Poland. Compare Wendland, and the semantics of Serbin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.