Meaning

verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

verb follow a procedure or take a course

verb move away from a place into another direction

originOriginally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)).

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