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Where does “shaw” come from?

shaw (English) comes from Old English sceaga, from Proto-West Germanic skagō, from Proto-Germanic skōgaz — forest, wood.

shaw (English): A thicket; a small wood or grove; The leaves and...

Definitions

  1. A thicket; a small wood or grove; The leaves and...

Ancestry of “shaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsceagacopse, thicket
2Proto-West Germanicskagō—
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood
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