Wander
Old English wandrian, of West Germanic origin; related to wend and wind2.
wiktionary
From Middle English wandren, wandrien, from Old English wandrian(“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-Germanic *wandrōną(“to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-(“to turn, wind”), equivalent to wend + -er. Cognate with Scots wander(“to wander”), German wandern(“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra(“to wander, hike”).
etymonline
wander (v.)
Old English wandrian "move about aimlessly, wander," from West Germanic *wundrōjanan "to roam about" (source also of Old Frisian wondria, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wanderen, German wandern "to wander," a variant form of the root represented in Old High German wantalon "to walk, wander"), from PIE root *wendh- "to turn, wind, weave" (see wind (v.1)). In reference to the mind, affections, etc., attested from c. 1400. Related: Wandered; wandering. The Wandering Jew of Christian legend first mentioned 13c. (compare French le juif errant, German der ewige Jude).
