Where does “sæwudu” come from?

sæwudu (Old English) comes from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

sæwudu (Old English): boat; ship

Definitions

  1. boat; ship

Ancestry of “sæwudu”, step by step

sæwudu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sǣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsǣsea, lake
2Proto-West Germanicsaiwisea
3Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
4Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
6Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

via Old English wudu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
2Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną →