wend

wend · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wendʰ-“to turn, wind, braid”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wandijaną“to turn”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wandijan
4. Old English · inherited fromwendan“to turn, change, translate”
5. Middle English · inherited fromwenden
6. English todaywend

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).

Wend · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Winidaz
2. German · borrowed fromWende
3. English todayWend

From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”).

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