Where does “Sherwood” come from?

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

Sherwood (English): derived from Sherwood Forest

Definitions

  1. derived from Sherwood Forest

Ancestry of “Sherwood”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Sherwood”

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