Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. · To turn; change, to adapt. · To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. · To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.
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).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwendenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwendanang
- Inherited-form mention*wandijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wandijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*wendʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionwendennl
- Cognate mentionwendende
- Cognate mentionvendeda
- Cognate mentionvendenb
- Cognate mentionvendann
- Cognate mentionvändasv
- Cognate mentionvendais
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽got
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