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English word origin

Etymology of wound

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisia

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. · To hurt (a person's feelings).

noun

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. · An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. · A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wuunde (“wound”), Cimbrian bunta (“wound”), Dutch wond, wonde (“wound”), German Wunde (“wonde”), Luxembourgish Wonn (“wound”), Yiddish וווּנד (vund, “wound”), Icelandic und (“wound”), Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda, “wound”) (whence 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni, “disease, plague”)); also Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to destroy; to catch a disease”). Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (“to wound”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian buntan (“to wound”), Dutch wonden (“to wound”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (gawundōn, “to wound”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

simple past and past participle of wind

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See wind (Etymology 2)

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