Where does “hemelwijd” come from?
hemelwijd (Dutch) comes from Dutch wijd, from Middle Dutch wijt, from Old Dutch wīdo, from Proto-Germanic Wido, from Proto-Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.
hemelwijd (Dutch): enormous, as though spanning across the heavens
Definitions
- enormous, as though spanning across the heavens
Ancestry of “hemelwijd”, step by step
hemelwijd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.