wound
English
/wuːnd/, /wyːnd/, /wund/, /waʊnd/, /waʊnd/
noun
Definitions
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
- (criminal) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wund inherited from Old English wund inherited from Proto-Germanic *wundō (wound, a wound) inherited from Middle English wunden inherited from Old English wundian inherited from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (wound).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wundōną
Gloss
wound
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
傷
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air English
- airwound English
- bewound English
- care English
- fin English
- forwound English
- head English
- headwound English
- intrawound English
- overwound English
- periwound English
- stab English
- stabwound English
- underwound English
- unwoundable English
- wood English
- wort English
- wound, to wound English
- woundability English
- woundable English
- woundcare English
- wounder English
- woundest English
- woundeth English
- woundfin English
- woundless English
- woundlessness English
- woundlike English
- woundsome English
- woundwood English
- woundwort English
- Papierschnittwunde German
- Stichwunde German
- Verwundung German
- Wundauflage German
- Wundbrand German
- Wunde German
- Wundrand German
- verwunden German
- wunden German
- boomwond Dutch, Flemish
- brandwond Dutch, Flemish
- schaafwond Dutch, Flemish
- wond Dutch, Flemish
- wondarts Dutch, Flemish
- wondvocht Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wundaz Proto-Germanic
- *wundō Proto-Germanic
- *wundōną Proto-Germanic
- forwundian Old English
- gewundian Old English
- heafodwund Old English
- wund Old English
- wundian Old English
- forwounden Middle English
- hæfved-wunde Middle English
- wund Middle English
- wunden Middle English
- und Old Norse
- brulvundi Esperanto
- vundebla Esperanto
- vundi Esperanto
- vundo Esperanto
- wonde Middle Dutch
- wonde, wunde Middle Dutch
- wunta Old High German
- wuntōn Old High German
- vundar Ido
- wond Afrikaans
- wunde Middle High German
- wunden Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 Gothic
- wunda Old Dutch
- bunta Cimbrian
- buntan Cimbrian
- wunda Old Saxon
- wundon Old Saxon
- wunde Old Frisian