Where does “Hazelwood” come from?
Hazelwood derives from English hazel and wood, with wood tracing through Middle English wood and Old English wudu to Proto-Indo-European widʰu- and weydʰ-, though the ultimate origin remains uncertain.
Hazelwood (English): OS grid ref SK3246
Definitions
- OS grid ref SK3246
Ancestry of “Hazelwood”, step by step
Hazelwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a 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 |
via English Hazel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hazel | from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century |
| 2 | Middle English | hasel | The hazel tree, one of its branches, or its wood |
| 3 | Old English | hæsl | hazel |
| 4 | Old Norse | hasl | hazel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *haslaz | hazel |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | koslos | hazel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | koselos | hazel |