Wend Definition

wĕnd

wended, wending, wends

verb

To go; journey; travel.

Webster's New World

To proceed or go on (one's way)

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

noun

Webster's New World

Any of a group of Slavic peoples formerly inhabiting much of what is now eastern Germany and western Poland, especially the present-day Sorbs.

American Heritage

Any of various other non-Germanic peoples living in central Europe during late antiquity and the Middle Ages.

American Heritage

(obsolete, UK, law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.

Wiktionary

Origin of Wend

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, direct, wend one's way, go, return, change, alter, vary, restore, happen, convert, translate"), from Proto-Germanic *wandijanÄ… (“to turn"), causative of Proto-Germanic *windanÄ… (“to wind"), from Proto-Indo-European *wendÊ°- (“to turn, wind, braid"). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn"), German wenden (“to turn, reverse"), Danish vende (“to turn"), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct"), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change"), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn"). Related to wind.

From Wiktionary
From German Wende, from Old High German Winida, from Celtic *vindo (“white"), same source as Old English Winedas (“Wends").

From Wiktionary
German Wende from Middle High German Winde, Wende from Old High German Winid wen-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English wenden from Old English wendan

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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