Where does “Blackwood” come from?

Blackwood is a compound of English black and Middle English wudu (Old English wudu, from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to strike or weave together).

Ancestry of “Blackwood”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Wood	—
2	English	Frog	Alternative form of frog
3	Portuguese	froco	flock
4	Latin	floccus	tuft, wisp of wool
5	Frankish	flokko	down, wool, flock
6	Proto-Germanic	*flukkô	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	plewk-	to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8	Proto-Indo-European	plew-	to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “Blackwood”

Blackwoodian

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