Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/winidaz

Etymology
From. Borrowed from the 'Vistula Veneti' or 'Baltic Veneti', one of at least three known ancient tribal groupings going by the name *Wenet-. See also Latin Venetī.

Noun

 * 1) Wend, Slav

Descendants
The Old High German form seems to reflect *Winiþ-, which would suggest that Germanic borrowed the word as part of an ablauting paradigm, strong *Winiþa-, weak *Winida-, earlier *Wen-ét-/*Wen-et-é-.