windan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *windaną (wind, wrap).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*windaną
Gloss
wind, wrap
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Windung German
- entwinden German
- unterwinden German
- verwinden German
- winden German
- überwinden German
- afwinden Dutch, Flemish
- omwinden Dutch, Flemish
- ontwinden Dutch, Flemish
- opwinden Dutch, Flemish
- verwinden Dutch, Flemish
- winden Dutch, Flemish
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *andawindaną Proto-Germanic
- *biwindaną Proto-Germanic
- *windaną Proto-Germanic
- vinda Swedish
- vinde Norwegian Nynorsk
- bewindan Old English
- gewindan Old English
- unwindan Old English
- ætwindan Old English
- bewinden Middle English
- unwinden Middle English
- ætwinden Middle English
- vinda Old Norse
- vinde Danish
- vinder Danish
- guinder Old French
- vinda Icelandic
- guindareza Galician
- guindastre Galician
- winden Middle Dutch
- *winta, *winda Old High German
- ubarwintan Old High German
- winda Old High German
- windan Old High German
- wintan Old High German
- vinda Faroese
- gînder Norman
- wënnen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *windan Old Dutch
- edwindan Old Saxon
- windan Old Saxon
- vinda Old Swedish