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Where does “Westbrooks” come from?

Westbrooks (English) comes from English Westbrook, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Ancestry of “Westbrooks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWestbrook—
2Old Englishwestwest
3Proto-West Germanic*westr—
4Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
5Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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