Where does “wēodian” come from?

wēodian (Old English) comes from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).

wēodian (Old English): to weed

Definitions

  1. to weed

Ancestry of “wēodian”, step by step

wēodian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wēod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwēodweed
2Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

via Proto-Germanic weudōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicweudōnąto uproot, weed

Words derived from “wēodian”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →Every word from Old English wēod →
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