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· Proto-Germanic
*windaną
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*windaną
, most common first.
wind
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
winding
The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).