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Vinony

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wɛnd/ / /wɪ̟nd/

noun

Etymology: From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”).

  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.

verb

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).

  1. To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.

    “We wended our weary way westward.”

    “And ſtill her thought that ſhe was left alone / Uncompanied great viages to wende.”

  2. To turn; change, to adapt.
  3. To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.

    “with the prowe at both ends, so as they need not to wend or hold water”

  4. To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.