Where does “Shaw” come from?

Shaw (English) comes from Old English sceaga, from Proto-West Germanic skagō, from Proto-Germanic skōgaz — forest, wood.

Shaw (English): for someone who lived by a small wood or copse

Definitions

  1. for someone who lived by a small wood or copse

Ancestry of “Shaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsceagacopse, thicket
2Proto-West Germanicskagō
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood

Words derived from “Shaw

Every word from Proto-Germanic skōgaz