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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHollywoodResembling or relating to the Hollywood movie...
2EnglishWoodAn English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood
3EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
4Portuguesefrocoflock
5Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
6Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
7Proto-Germanic*flukkô
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English Wellington

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWellingtonA Wellington boot; Meat baked in a puff pastry
2Englishbeef WellingtonA fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô