Where does “Wedgwood” come from?

Wedgwood derives from Old English wudu meaning wood, from Proto-Germanic wikǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey- meaning to weave or bend.

Wedgwood (English): An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire

Definitions

  1. An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire

Ancestry of “Wedgwood”, 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 “Wedgwood”

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