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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word WAND. Etymology of the word
WAND.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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WAND, a
long slender rod. (Scand.) M.E. wand, Pricke of
Conscience, 5880; Ormulum, 16178.—Icel. vöndr (gen. vandar), a
wand, a switch, whence vandahús, a wicker-house; O. Swed. wand
(Ihre); Dan. vaand. + Goth. wandus, a rod, 2 Cor. xi.
25. β. The Teut. type is WANDU, Fick, iii.
285. It is named from its pliancy and use in wicker-work, the
original sense being a lithe twig, that could be wound into wicker-work.—O.
Scand. wand, vand, pt. t. of the verb to wind; this pt. t. is still
written vandt in Danish, though in Icelandic it has become vatt.
The verb is O. Swed. winda, Icel. vinda, Dan. vinde,
cognate with E. Wind (2), q.v.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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