Where does “southwest” come from?
Southwest derives from Old English sūþwest, a compound of sūþ (south) and west (west).
southwest (English): The compass point halfway between south and west,...
Definitions
- The compass point halfway between south and west,...
Ancestry of “southwest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | West | — |
| 2 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 3 | Old English | west | west |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |
Words derived from “southwest”