Proto-Germanic

*windaną

‘to wind’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *windaną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *windaną, most familiar first.

• wind ← wynden ← windan
• quandary ← wandreth ← vandræði ← vándr ← *wandaz
• wend ← wenden ← wendan ← *wandijan ← *wandijaną
• vint ← винт ← gwint ← Gewinde ← winden

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *windaną