Where does “wīdo” come from?

wīdo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic Wido, from Proto-Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

Ancestry of “wīdo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicWido—
2Proto-Germanic*widu—
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “wīdo”

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