Where does “walnutwood” come from?
walnutwood (English) comes from English walnut, from Middle English walnote, from Old English wealhhnutu, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō — water.
walnutwood (English): The wood of the walnut tree
Definitions
- The wood of the walnut tree
Ancestry of “walnutwood”, step by step
walnutwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English walnut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | walnut | A hardwood tree of the genus "Juglans"; A nut of... |
| 2 | Middle English | walnote | Alternative form of walnot |
| 3 | Old English | wealhhnutu | walnut |
| 4 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 5 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
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 |