The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wiþiwindǭ
- Old English · inherited fromwiþwinde
- Middle English · inherited fromwithwinde
- English todaywithwind
From Middle English withwinde, withewynde, from Old English wiþwinde, wiþewinde, wiþowinde, from Proto-Germanic *wiþiwindǭ, equivalent to withe + wind (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedewinde, Icelandic viðvindill, Danish vedbende, vedbend.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.