Where does “woodland” come from?

Woodland comes from Middle English wodeland, from Old English wuduland, combining Old English wudu with Proto-Germanic landą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- and weydʰ-.

woodland (English): Of a creature or object: growing, living, or...

Definitions

  1. Of a creature or object: growing, living, or...

Ancestry of “woodland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwodeland—
2Old Englishwudulanda wooded land; woodland; forest
3Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
4Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
5Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “woodland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old English widu →