*wundō

Runic: ᚹᚢᚾᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwun.dɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

wound

Etymology

Nominal formation from *wundaz (‘wounded’), from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥-tó-s, from a root *wen- (‘to strive, toil, win’), invoking a sense of "toiled (in battle)". Kroonen considers the word related to *winnaną (‘idem’), while Orel compares Welsh ymwan (‘to battle’) and perhaps Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, ‘to destroy’). It is possible that all these terms are related to each other, as well.

Older theories derive the word from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (‘wounded’), from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂wen- (‘to strike, injure, hurt’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wundō	wundôz
Acc.	wundǭ	wundōz
Gen.	wundōz	wundǫ̂
Dat.	wundōi	wundōmaz
Inst.	wundō	wundōmiz
Voc.	wundō	wundôz

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Descendants

*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wunda (Old Dutch)
  - wunde, wonde (Middle Dutch)
    - wónj (Limburgish)
*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wunda (Old Dutch)
  - wunde, wonde (Middle Dutch)
    - wond, wonde (Dutch)
      - wond (Afrikaans)
      - wond (Negerhollands)
*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wund (Old English)
  - wund, wonde, wound (Middle English)
    - wound (English)
    - wond, wound (Scots)
*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wunde, unde (Old Frisian)
  - Wuunde (Saterland Frisian)
  - wûne (West Frisian)
*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wunta (Old High German)
  - wunde (Middle High German)
    - bunta (Cimbrian)
    - Wunde (German)
    - Wonn (Luxembourgish)
    - וווּנד (vund) (Yiddish)
*wundu (Proto-West Germanic)
- wunda (Old Saxon)
  - wunde (Middle Low German)
    - Wunn (German Low German)
*ᚹᚢᛞᚢ (*wudu) (Proto-Norse)
- und (Old Norse)
  - vunde (Danish)
  - und (Icelandic)
  - und (Old Swedish)
*𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda) (Gothic)
𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni) (Gothic)

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