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Where does “wuducoc” come from?

wuducoc (Old English) comes from Old English wudu, from Old English widu, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

wuducoc (Old English): a woodcock

Definitions

  1. a woodcock

Ancestry of “wuducoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
2Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

Words derived from “wuducoc”

  • woodcock
  • wodecocke
  • wode-koc
  • wodekok
Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →