An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/wund

by Friedrich Kluge

wund, adj., ‘galled, chased, wounded,’ from the equiv. MidHG. wunt (d), OHG. wunt; corresponding to OSax. and AS. wund, Du. gewond, and Goth. wunds; properly an old partic. with the Aryan suffix to-. There is also an old abstract of the same root with the Aryan suffix -tâ (see Schande?), ModHG. Wunde, ‘wound,’ from MidHG. wunde, OHG. wunta, f., to which OSax. wunda, Du. wunde, AS. wund, E. wound, correspond. The root on which the word is based would assume the form wen in Teut.; comp. Goth. win-nan, ‘to suffer, feel pain,’ to which Gr. ὠτειλή (from *ό-ϝατειλη), ‘wound,’ is usually referred.