Where does “Woodstock” come from?

Woodstock comes from Old English wudu combined with stukką from Proto-Germanic, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European widʰu- and weydʰ-, meaning wood or forest.

Woodstock (English): a large, influential gathering

Definitions

  1. a large, influential gathering

Ancestry of “Woodstock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
2Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “Woodstock”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old English widu →