wend

English

/wɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To turn; change.
  • (transitive) To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
  • (intransitive) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
  • (intransitive) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wenden inherited from Old English wendan (go, change, direct, alter, convert, happen, wend, vary, restore, wend ones way, turn, translate, depart, return) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (turn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (wind, turn, braid, wrap, twist, weave, wool, hair, bend, beard).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wendʰ-

Gloss

wind, turn, braid, wrap, twist, weave, wool, hair, bend, beard

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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Emoji
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