Where does “woodworking” come from?
Woodworking derives from English work, Old English wudu meaning wood, and Proto-Indo-European wreg- meaning to turn or twist.
woodworking (English): The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and...
Definitions
- The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and...
Ancestry of “woodworking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | working | Operation; action; Method of operation; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | werking | — |
| 3 | Old English | wyrċing | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |