Where does “Wellywood” come from?
Wellywood (English) comes from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.
Wellywood (English): The film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies
Definitions
- The film industry located in Wellington, New Zealand, originally formed by the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies
Ancestry of “Wellywood”, step by step
Wellywood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hollywood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hollywood | Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie... |
| 2 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 3 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 4 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 5 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 6 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Wellington
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wellington | A Wellington boot; Meat baked in a puff pastry |
| 2 | English | beef Wellington | A fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with... |