Where does “Westcott” come from?

Westcott (English) comes 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-.

Westcott (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Westcott”, step by step

Westcott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English west

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

via Old English cot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcotcottage
2Proto-Germanickuttôcowl, woolen cloth, coat
3Proto-Indo-Europeangudnó-—

Words derived from “Westcott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →
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