Where does “Weed” come from?
Weed (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German wêt, from Old Saxon wiod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud.
Weed (German Low German): weed
Ancestry of “Weed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | wêt | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | wiod | a weed |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *weud | — |