Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. · A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod). · An instrument shaped like a wand. · A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector. · To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
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- Inherited-form mentionwand,wondenm
- Derivation mentionvǫndrnon · switch, twig
- Derivation mention*wanduzgem-pro · rod
- Derivation mention*wendʰ-ine-pro · to turn, twist, wind, braid
- Cognate mentionvendiis · wand
- Cognate mentionvåndda · wand, switch
- Cognate mentionWandde · wall, septum
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃got · rod
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