Where does “wangturf” come from?

wangturf (Old English) comes from Old English turf, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.

wangturf (Old English): grassland

Definitions

  1. grassland

Ancestry of “wangturf”, step by step

wangturf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English turf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishturfturf
2Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
3Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
4Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass

via Old English wang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwangplain, field, ground
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turbz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic turb →