Where does “woodcut” come from?

Woodcut comes from Middle English wudu combined with Old English wudu, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- meaning wood or forest.

woodcut (English): An engraved block of wood, especially one used as...

Definitions

  1. An engraved block of wood, especially one used as...

Ancestry of “woodcut”, step by step

woodcut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWoodAn English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood
2EnglishFrogAlternative form of frog
3Portuguesefrocoflock
4Latinfloccustuft, wisp of wool
5Frankishflokkodown, wool, flock
6Proto-Germanic*flukkô—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via English CUT

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCUTTo incise, to cut into the surface of something
2Middle Englishcutten—
3Old Norsekytjahovel, small cottage
4Proto-Germanickutjanąto cut

Words derived from “woodcut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *flukkô →