An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/winden

by Friedrich Kluge

winden, vb., ‘to wind, reel, twine,’ from MidHG. winden, OHG. wintan, str. vb., ‘to wind, turn, wrap’; comp. OSax. windan, ‘to turn’ (biwindan, ‘to wrap up’), Du. winden, AS. windan, E. to wind, Goth. windan. For the causative of this Teut. strong verbal root wind, ‘to turn, wrap,’ see wenden; other derivatives are wandern, wandeln. There are no certain cognates in non-Teut. Ital. ghindare, Fr. guinder, ‘to hoist,’ are borrowed from Teut.