-wende

See also wende, and Wende

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *wandijaz (“turning, directed”), from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to twist, turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *wendaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendh- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Akin to Old English wendan (“to turn, proceed, go”), Old English windan (“to wind”)

Suffix

-wende

1. suffix meaning tending toward, promoting, or exemplified by; -able

   hālwende "healing, heathful, salutary"

   lāþwende "hateful, hostile"

   lēofwende "kind, loving, gracious, agreeable"

   lufwende "lovable, pleasant"

   miswende "erring, misbehaving"

   hātwende "hot, burning"