occupational name for a winder of wool, from an agent
derivative of Middle English winde(n) ‘to wind’ (Old English
windan ‘to go’, ‘to proceed’). The verb was also used in the
Middle Ages of various weaving and plaiting processes, so that in some
cases the name may have referred to a basket or hurdle
maker.habitational name from any of the various minor places in
northern England so called, from Old English vindr ‘wind’ +
erg ‘hut’, ‘shelter’, i.e. a shelter against the wind.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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