Where does “wode” come from?

wode (Middle English) comes from Old English wudu, from Old English widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

wode (Middle English): madness, insanity, an overmastering emotion,...

Definitions

  1. madness, insanity, an overmastering emotion,...

Ancestry of “wode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
2Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “wode”

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