wonder

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1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wundrōną
2. Old English · inherited fromwundrian
3. Middle English · inherited fromwondren
4. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wundrą
5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wundr
6. Old English · inherited fromwundor“wonder, miracle, marvel”
7. Middle English · inherited fromwonder
8. English todaywonder

From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra. Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more).

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