Where does “Weeden” come from?
Weeden (English) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).
Ancestry of “Weeden”, step by step
Weeden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English weed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | weed | Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place... |
| 2 | Middle English | weed | — |
| 3 | Old English | wēod | weed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *weud | weed (unwanted plant) |
via English eden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | eden | Alternative letter-case form of Eden |
| 2 | Hebrew | עֵדֶן | Eden |
| 3 | Akkadian | 𒂊𒁲𒉡 | plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally... |
| 4 | Sumerian | 𒂔 | Plain |