Where does “elmwood” come from?
elmwood (English) comes from English elm, from Middle English elme, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic elmaz, from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.
elmwood (English): The wood of the elm tree
Definitions
- The wood of the elm tree
Ancestry of “elmwood”, step by step
elmwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elm | A tree of the genus "Ulmus" of the family... |
| 2 | Middle English | elme | — |
| 3 | Old English | elm | elm tree |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *elm | elm tree |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | elmaz | elm tree; wood from an elm tree |
| 6 | Persian | الماس | diamond |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |