wendan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to turn or change position
- to change direction (of)
- (transitive) to change or alter
- (intransitive) to go or depart
- to take place or happen
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wandijaną
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atgo English
- bego English
- forego English
- forgo English
- forthgo English
- get-go English
- git-go English
- go English
- go at it English
- go forth English
- go pedal English
- go-cart English
- go-devil English
- go-to English
- goand English
- goback English
- goer English
- goest English
- goeth English
- goey English
- gofer English
- going English
- ingo English
- misgo English
- ongo English
- outgo English
- overgo English
- snowgo English
- thoroughgo English
- togo English
- umbego English
- undergo English
- wend English
- withgo English
- venda Finnish
- Wendehals German
- Wendung German
- abwenden German
- anwenden German
- aufwenden German
- auswendig German
- bewenden German
- einwenden German
- entwenden German
- verwenden German
- wegwenden German
- wenden German
- zurückwenden German
- zuwenden German
- aanwenden Dutch, Flemish
- afwenden Dutch, Flemish
- halswender Dutch, Flemish
- inwendig Dutch, Flemish
- toewenden Dutch, Flemish
- uitwendig Dutch, Flemish
- voorwenden Dutch, Flemish
- wendbaar Dutch, Flemish
- wenden Dutch, Flemish
- wending Dutch, Flemish
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- vende Norwegian Bokmål
- *biwandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gāndz Proto-Germanic
- *gāną Proto-Germanic
- *ijj-, *gāną Proto-Germanic
- *wandijaną Proto-Germanic
- invända Swedish
- omvända Swedish
- vända Swedish
- väntkur Swedish
- återvända Swedish
- ゴー Japanese
- venda Norwegian Nynorsk
- awendan Old English
- bewendan Old English
- edwendan Old English
- gewendan Old English
- gān Old English
- miswendan Old English
- onwendan Old English
- oþwendan Old English
- wending Old English
- bewenden Middle English
- gon Middle English
- wenden Middle English
- gá Old Norse
- venda Old Norse
- henvende Danish
- vende Danish
- venda Icelandic
- wenden Middle Dutch
- gān Old High German
- gēn Old High German
- wenten Old High German
- venda Faroese
- wenden Middle High German
- wennen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *gān gmw-pro
- gan Old Dutch
- gān Old Dutch
- wenden Old Dutch
- *väntädäk Proto-Finnic
- gan Old Saxon
- gān Old Saxon
- wendian Old Saxon
- vænda Old Swedish
- gan Old Frisian
- gān Old Frisian
- go Tok Pisin
- wændæ Old Danish
- go Sranan Tongo
- geen Crimean Gothic
- go Pijin
- gokabaut Samoan Plantation Pidgin