Where does “weolocbasu” come from?

weolocbasu (Old English) comes from Old English basu, from Proto-West Germanic basu — purple, scarlet, crimson.

weolocbasu (Old English): purple

Definitions

  1. purple

Ancestry of “weolocbasu”, step by step

weolocbasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English basu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbasupurple; scarlet; crimson
2Proto-West Germanicbasupurple, scarlet, crimson

via Old English weoloc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweolocwhelk
2Proto-West Germanic*welukwhelk
Every word from Proto-West Germanic basu →Every word from Old English basu →