wend

Meanings

Verb

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

Noun

• A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit

Origin

• 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 *wandijaną ("to turn"), causative of Proto-Germanic *windaną ("to wind"), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- ("to turn, wind, braid"). Cognate with Dutch wenden ("to turn"), German wenden ("to turn, reverse"), Danish vende ("to turn"), Norwegian Bokmål vende ("to turn"), Norwegian Nynorsk venda ("to turn"), Swedish vända ("to turn, turn over, veer, direct"), Icelandic venda ("to wend, turn, change"), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("to cause to turn"). Related to wind (Etymology 2).