wend

Meanings

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

1. A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit

1. A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub.
2. A Slavic person living anywhere in the vicinity of German-speaking areas.

Etymology

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *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 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).