Where does “-stock” come from?

-stock (English) comes from English Woodstock, from Old English wudu, from Old English widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

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Definitions

  1. Forming the names of theme-based festivals or...

Ancestry of “-stock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWoodstocka large, influential gathering
2Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
3Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
4Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “-stock”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old English widu →
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